ep·i·sode ( p  -s d )n. 1. a. An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence: "South Africa may remain one of history's most tragic episodes" (Bayard Rustin). b. One of a series of related events in the course of a continuous account. See Synonyms at occurrence. 2. A portion of a narrative that relates an event or a series of connected events and forms a coherent story in itself; an incident: an episode in a picaresque novel. 3. a. A separate part of a serialized work, such as a novel or play. b. A separate program that is part of a television or radio series. 4. A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs. 5. Music A passage between statements of a main subject or theme, as in a rondo or fugue. [French épisode, from Greek epeisodion, parenthetic narrative, from neuter of epeisodios, coming in besides : epi-, epi- + eisodios, entering (eis, into; see en in Indo-European roots + hodos, way, journey).] |
episode
Noun
1. an event or series of events
2. any of the sections into which a novel or a television or radio serial is divided [Greek epi in addition + eisodios coming in]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  episode - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related eventsdramatic event, drama - an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional chapter - a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters" idyll - an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll incident - a single distinct event |
| 2. | episode - a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" | |
| 3. | episode - a part of a broadcast serial cliffhanger - an episode that ends in suspense | |
| 4. | episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie photographic film, film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
episode
noun 1. event, experience, happening, matter, affair, incident, circumstance, adventure, business, occurrence, escapade
Translations
n episode [ˈepisəud]
1 an incident, or series of events, occurring in a longer story etc The episode of/about the donkeys is in Chapter 3; That is an episode in her life that she wishes to forget. voorval حَلَقَه، حادِثَه случка epizoda episode; hændelse; begivenhed die Episode επεισόδιο episodio episood قسمت؛ بخش episodi épisode מְאוֹרָע वृतान्त epizoda epizód episode atvik; þáttur episodio 挿話 에피소드 epizodas epizode episod voorval episode epizod episódio episod, întâmplare эпизод epizóda epizoda epizoda episod ตอน olay, macera (文藝作品中的)一段情節；插曲 епізод کوئی واقعہ یا سلسلہ đoạn; hồi （文艺作品中的）一段情节；插曲
2 a part of a radio or television serial that is broadcast at one time This is the last episode of the serial. episode حَلَقَه في مُسَلْسَل епизод část, díl episode; afsnit die Episode επεισόδιο (π.χ. σειράς) episodio osa قسمت jakso épisode פֶּרֶק योजक अंश epizoda, nastavak epizód episode þáttur episodio 連続ドラマの１回分 (연속 프로의) 1회분의 작품 serija, dalis (radio, televīzijas uzveduma) sērija; daļa episod aflevering episode, del odcinek episódio episod серия časť del (oddaje) epizoda avsnitt ช่วง bölüm (廣播劇或電視連續劇中的)一集 серія کسی قسط وار کہانی یا نشریے کا ہر حصّہ tập phim, truyện （广播剧或电视连续剧中的）一集
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