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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ep•i•sode /ˈɛpəˌsoʊd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an incident in the course of a series of events, or in a person's life or experience:His wife's death was a dark episode in his life.
- Literaturean incident, scene, etc., within a story, usually fully developed and connected with the main story:"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' has many humorous episodes.
- Show Businessan individual program in a radio or television series.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ep•i•sode (ep′ə sōd′, -zōd′),USA pronunciation n. - an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
- Literaturean incident, scene, etc., within a narrative, usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it.
- Literatureone of a number of loosely connected, but usually thematically related, scenes or stories constituting a literary work.
- Literature, Poetryepeisodion.
- Music and Dancean intermediate or digressive passage, esp. in a contrapuntal composition.
- Show Business[Motion Pictures, Radio, and Television.]any one of the separate productions that constitute a serial.
- Greek epeisódion addition, episode, noun, nominal use of neuter of epeisódios coming in addition, equivalent. to ep- ep- + eísod(os) entrance (eis- into + (h)odós road, way) + -ios adjective, adjectival suffix
- 1670–80
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged happening. See event.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: episode /ˈɛpɪˌsəʊd/ n - 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
- a contrasting section between statements of the subject, as in a fugue or rondo
Etymology: 17th Century: from Greek epeisodion something added, from epi- (in addition) + eisodios coming in, from eis- in + hodos road |