episode

[ ep-uh-sohd, -zohd ]

/ ˈɛp əˌsoʊd, -ˌzoʊd /

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noun

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.

Nearby words

episioperineorrhaphy, episioplasty, episiorrhaphy, episiostenosis, episiotomy, episode, episodic, episodic memory, episome, epispadias, epispastic

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 FOR episode

1 happening. See event.

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Examples from the Web for episode

In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
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Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.
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It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.
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I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
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In “Steal This Episode,” the filmmaker denounces Homer Simpson as an “enemy of art.”
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It had lifted her out of the anger and depression in which she had been plunged by the Rupert Louth episode.
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For some days after what I call “the episode” I was in a strange condition of mind.
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But during its brief existence it staged an episode in the development of Lincoln's character.
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It is an episode full of whimsical badinage and, if anything, more charming even than the opening of "Rhinegold."
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I deem this episode a fixed point, and it conveniently divides the battle.
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British Dictionary definitions for episode

episode

/ (ˈɛpɪˌsəʊd) /

noun

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

Word Origin for episode

C17: from Greek epeisodion something added, from epi- (in addition) + eisodios coming in, from eis- in + hodos road

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