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serious English

Meaning serious meaning

What does serious mean?
Definitions in simple English

serious

A problem or situation is serious if it is not funny or comical, but important. This is a serious problem. We must do something. A person is serious if the person is not laughing or joking, but saying what they mean. I see. When you said the room was empty, you were serious! The woman's face looked serious, so I knew she was saying something important.

serious

concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities a serious student of history a serious attempt to learn to ski gave me a serious look a serious young man are you serious or joking? Don't be so serious! of great consequence marriage is a serious matter (= dangerous, grave, grievous, severe, life-threatening) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm a dangerous operation a grave situation a grave illness grievous bodily harm a serious wound a serious turn of events a severe case of pneumonia a life-threatening disease (= good) appealing to the mind good music a serious book requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve raised serious objections to the proposal the plan has a serious flaw (= unplayful) completely lacking in playfulness

Synonyms serious synonyms

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Topics serious topics

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Simple sentences

I'm very serious about wanting to be a good magician.
I'm not serious.
That's serious.
I was serious.
I have a serious problem with that.
This is very serious.
I was being serious.
He is a very serious person.
Tampering with evidence is a serious offense.
I don't think that it's too serious.
I am not ready to be in a serious relationship again.
I'm not ready to be in a serious relationship again.
Tom got fired from his work for serious breach of discipline.
It's not serious, I don't bear him a grudge.
Let's have a serious talk about your future.
How to deal with environmental pollution is a serious matter.
The company is caught up in a serious business slump.
We entered into a serious conversation.
We regard the situation as serious.
Have you ever had any serious illness?
Is it anything serious?
The situation is growing serious.
Our cities create serious pollution problems.
Serious inquiries only, please.
Why all of a sudden did he ask me such a serious question?
Don't trifle with such serious matters.
The influx of foreign workers has caused a serious housing problem in this area.
Tom is not serious about his studies.
It may give rise to serious trouble.
The effects of the illness were not serious.
The increase in population has become a serious problem in the country.
Jane is in serious trouble.

Movie subtitles

The wound was serious.
The situation's serious!
She's serious?
And as you can see, this was serious bricks and mortar, built to last.
Are you serious, Elder Cunningham?
Do you really want to know how serious the crime is for the officers to ignore their own Magistrate?
You'll be charged with serious professional misconduct.
One serious casualty, medics in attendance.
If you're serious about finding Pepper, he'll meet you here.
Oh, my God, are you serious?
You're folding your jeans. are you serious?
Think something serious is gonna go down?
I'm serious. - Cooper's like Steve Buscemi.
I am a lawyer and can get you all in serious trouble!
Are you serious?
Marriage is something serious.
Serious?
Fortunately his brain seems to be completely intact. The damage is quite serious.
If you tell them it's serious, I'll pay you a shitload of money.
In view of a serious danger we sent a convoy.
We had an argument that night, a rather serious one, but it was my fault.
You seem unaware of the serious allegations made against you.
That's a serious accusation, my girl.
That's a serious charge.
You can't be serious.
I am completely serious.
Serious. It's a bird!
It puts fear into Scott that these guys are serious.
Yes. I haven't been feeling well lately. I'm ready for any bad news, but I hope it's not a serious disease.
I had quite serious intentions about this hairdo!
Is it serious, sir?
Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to present a serious social drama proving that vice is always punished.
Clara, we've got to have a serious talk.
Let me tell you something. This is serious.
Codfish ball. Listen, this is serious.
I'm serious, sister.

News and current affairs

But there is a serious downside: The deal could hurt developing-country exporters, unless the EU and the US make a concerted effort to protect these actors' interests.
The use of land is also receiving more serious scrutiny.
That is a real enough danger to which policymakers must give serious thought as they reform the CAP on the basis of the following five pillars.
Bad accounting frameworks always lead to bad information, and bad information leads to bad decisions, with serious long term consequences.
But, with some three billion or so users on the Web nowadays, that very openness has become a serious vulnerability; indeed, it is endangering the vast economic opportunities that the Internet has opened for the world.
Third, the richer nations are better able than less well-off nations to absorb the costs of fixing the problem without causing serious harm to their populations.
Their agenda is more pressing, and their problems, frankly, far more serious than ours, which makes it much more urgent for them to develop theories appropriate to the challenges they face.
The heroin trade would not be booming if Western governments were serious about combating drug consumption.
Indeed, these well-kept industry and government secrets can have serious and widespread repercussions.
Ethiopia's government had strenuously denied rumors of serious ill health caused by liver cancer.
In fact, the government may even have contributed a bit to the good economic data by announcing a serious effort to consolidate Germany's own public finances - a prerequisite for investor confidence.
If this is more than lip service, and if she really carries out a serious reform of the German welfare state's incentive structure, the result could be higher employment and structural economic growth.
The world must fervently hope that the Turkish proposal for a Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform is more serious and sustained than previous similar efforts.
But how serious are these policy-political crimes to which Greenspan now pleads guilty?
With serious management of the new funds, food production in Africa will soar.
One of Obama's great achievements is that he made it into a serious topic through the brilliance and subtlety of his rhetoric.
The question now is whether governments will give Judge Goldstone's findings the serious attention they deserve, or instead fall back into an overtly political posture.
Though serious, the charges against him - recruiting child soldiers - do not pretend to encompass the range of abuses committed.
Over time, the ICC's example should foster more effective national and regional prosecutions of serious crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
The field is too full of mines. One of Obama's great achievements is that he made it into a serious topic through the brilliance and subtlety of his rhetoric.
For the sake of human rights and peace in the region, my hope is that the international community will bear witness to these circumstances, consider Judge Goldstone's report in its entirety and press for accountability for the most serious crimes.
But she must convincingly outline practical strategies to resolve South Korea's most serious problems, including high unemployment, worsening educational performance, and North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

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