A Series of Unfortunate Events

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

series Noun

— A series of events, meetings, experiments, etc. is several of them that happen one after the other and are related. Three weeks ago troops and helicopters launched a series of attacks on Kurds in the region. There has been a series of changes at the newspaper that began with the new editor. The school will be hosting a series of lectures relating to poverty. — A TV or Radio series is a number of programs usually with the same setting and characters. — A series is a sporting event in which many teams compete for a championship. Tonight is the final game of the Stanley Cup series. — If something is connected in series, electricity passes through each point before going to the next point.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

unfortunate Adjective

— When something (usually an event) is unfortunate, it is not good and is a misfortune. It is considered to be unlucky that such a thing happened. It is unfortunate that the Prince was murdered.

event Noun

— An event is anything that happens. The event of her walking into the room happened before the event of the book falling off the table, so she saw it fall. In the event that the machine breaks, read this to know what to do. — An event is when many people come together at a time they choose for a reason or for fun. At the event tomorrow we're going to have balloons and music.