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se⋅ri⋅ous

  [seer-ee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
2. of grave or somber disposition, character, or manner: a serious occasion; a serious man.
3. being in earnest; sincere; not trifling: His interest was serious.
4. requiring thought, concentration, or application: serious reading; a serious task.
5. weighty or important: a serious book; Marriage is a serious matter.
6. giving cause for apprehension; critical: The plan has one serious flaw.
7. Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having unstable or otherwise abnormal vital signs and other unfavorable indicators, as loss of appetite and poor mobility: patient is acutely ill.
–noun
8. that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber: You have to learn to separate the serious from the frivolous.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L sērius or LL sēriōsus; see -ous, -ose 1

Related forms:
se⋅ri⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. sober, sedate, staid. 3. See earnest 1 . 5. momentous, grave.

Antonyms:
3, 5. trivial.
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Slang Dictionary
serious

  1. mod.
    good; profound; excellent. (See also heavy.) : Man, these tunes are, like, serious.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

serious 
1440, "expressing earnest purpose or thought" (of persons), from M.Fr. sérieux "grave, earnest" (14c.), from L.L. seriosus, from L. serius "weighty, important, grave," probably from a PIE base *swer- (cf. Lith. sveriu "to weigh, lift," svarus "heavy;" O.E. swære "heavy," Ger. schwer "heavy," Goth. swers "honored, esteemed," lit. "weighty"). As opposite of jesting, from 1712; as opposite of light (of music, theater, etc.), from 1762. Meaning "attended with danger" is from 1800. Phrase to take (something) seriously is attested from 1782.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: se·ri·ous
Pronunciation: 'sir-E-&s
Function: adjective
: having important or dangerous possible consequences serious injury>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

serious se·ri·ous (sēr'ē-əs)
adj.
Being of such import as to cause anxiety, as of a physical condition.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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