Noun

(en noun)

A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

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A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.

A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

* , chapter=5

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.

A contest for which a cup is awarded.

(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

(US) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)

One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.

(mathematics) The symbol $\backslash cup$ denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).

A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.

(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping'' the thrower; ''or those three players.

A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).

Anything shaped like a cup.

the cup of an acorn

* Shenstone

The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.

(medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.

* Bible, Matthew xxvi. 39

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.

Noun

(series)

A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}

(US, Canada) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals

Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.

(British) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

(mathematics) The sum of the terms of a sequence.

(cricket, baseball) A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.

(zoology) An unranked taxon.

(senseid) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.