episode
[ep-uh-sohd, -zohd]
- an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
- an incident, scene, etc., within a narrative, usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it.
- one of a number of loosely connected, but usually thematically related, scenes or stories constituting a literary work.
- epeisodion.
- Music. an intermediate or digressive passage, especially in a contrapuntal composition.
- Movies, Radio, and Television. any one of the separate productions that constitute a serial.
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Origin of episode
1670–80; < Greek epeisódion addition, episode, noun use of neuter of epeisódios coming in addition, equivalent to ep- ep- + eísod(os) entrance (eis- into + (h)odós road, way) + -ios adj. suffix
Synonyms
See more synonyms for episode on Thesaurus.com1. happening. See event.
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Examples from the Web for episode
Contemporary Examples
In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISISMarlow Stern
January 8, 2015
It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISISMarlow Stern
January 8, 2015
I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s GreatnessMarlow Stern
January 7, 2015
In “Steal This Episode,” the filmmaker denounces Homer Simpson as an “enemy of art.”
Here’s the Lost Judd Apatow ‘Simpsons’ Episode, Penned by Judd ApatowAsawin Suebsaeng
January 6, 2015
Historical Examples
All the same, the episode left her with a feeling of insecurity.
Life and Death of Harriett FreanMay Sinclair
The episode that had caused her suspension seemed entirely forgotten.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
You are never to mention this episode of the toss-up, or of my confession, to any living soul.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
Epos, p. 65, places the fragment in the Finn episode, between ll.
BeowulfUnknown
The episode seemed to be turning out better than he had anticipated.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
episode
- an incident, event, or series of events
- any one of the sections into which a serialized novel or radio or television programme is divided
- an incident, sequence, or scene that forms part of a narrative but may be a digression from the main story
- (in ancient Greek tragedy) a section between two choric songs
- music a contrasting section between statements of the subject, as in a fugue or rondo
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Word Origin
C17: from Greek epeisodion something added, from epi- (in addition) + eisodios coming in, from eis- in + hodos road
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Word Origin and History for episode
n.
1670s, "commentary between two choric songs in a Greek tragedy," also "an incidental narrative or digression within a story, poem, etc.," from French épisode or directly from Greek epeisodion "addition," noun use of neuter of epeisodios "coming in besides," from epi "in addition" (see epi-) + eisodos "a coming in, entrance" (from eis "into" + hodos "way"). Sense of "outstanding incident, experience" first recorded in English 1773. Transferred by 1930s to individual broadcasts of serial radio programs.
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