episode
UK /ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/ · US /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/ noun
Forms episodes
- noun A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course. “It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.”
- noun (film, radio, television) A bounded narrative unit within a television series, constituting a single installment that is structurally discrete yet interrelated with the series as a whole. “I can't wait till next week’s episode.”
Synonyms
event proceeding affair befalling instance goings-on happening hap incident occasion occurrence installment instalment sequence
Etymology
From French épisode, from New Latin *epīsodium, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion, “a parenthetic addition, episode”), neuter of ἐπεισόδιος (epeisódios, “following upon the entrance, coming in besides, adventitious”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + εἰς (eis, “into”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
Etymology [Gr. sad to go: cf. F. épisode.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “episode”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details