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episode

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ep·i·sode  (p-sd)
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
Noun1.episodeepisode - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
dramatic 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
broadcast, program, programme - a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?"
serial, series - a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
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
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Spanish episode [ˈɛpɪsəud] nepisodio
French episode [ˈɛpɪsəud] népisode m
German episode [ˈɛpɪsəud] nEpisode f;
(TV, Radio) → Folge f

Italian episode [ˈɛpɪsəud] nepisodio

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It is always the particular soul, and the particular act or episode, as the flower of the particular soul--the act or episode by which its quality comes to the test--in which he interests us.
The episode with Makovkina had occurred after five years of his hermit life.
An episode of humour or kindness touches and amuses him here and there--a pretty child looking at a gingerbread stall; a pretty girl blushing whilst her lover talks to her and chooses her fairing; poor Tom Fool, yonder behind the waggon, mumbling his bone with the honest family which lives by his tumbling; but the general impression is one more melancholy than mirthful.
 
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