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Episode

//ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.

    "It was a most embarrassing episode in my life."

  2. 2
    film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie wordnet
  3. 3
    An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

    "I can't wait till next week’s episode."

  4. 4
    a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series wordnet
  5. 5
    a part of a broadcast serial wordnet
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  1. 6
    a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events wordnet

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”).

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