Episode I ˈepɪsəʊd Noun Filmed Watched Seasons Soap

• the next episode has not yet been filmed.
• i watched a few episodes of seasons one and two.
• the soap opera is ending after 175 episodes.
• i only saw the first episode in the series

episode

1. one part of a story that is broadcast on television or radio in several parts
• The next episode has not yet been filmed.
• I watched a few episodes of seasons one and two.
• The soap opera is ending after 175 episodes.
• I only saw the first episode in the series
• It happened in the final episode of ‘Star Trek’.
2. an event, a situation, or a period of time in somebody’s life, a novel, etc. that is important or interesting in some way
• SYNONYM incident
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• I'd like to try and forget the whole episode.
• One of the funniest episodes in the book occurs in Chapter 6.
• It was an episode in his life that he was not proud of.

Extra Examples

• He says he just wants to forget the whole unfortunate episode.
• I still remember that episode from my childhood.
• an extraordinary episode in American history
• during a brief episode of socialist rule
• It turned out to be one of the funniest episodes in the novel.
3. a period of time during which somebody is affected by a particular illness or a particular stage of a longer illness
• an acute episode of pneumonia
• All the patients had episodes of unexplained fever.
• His former wife suffered with depressive episodes.
• She has only told you about the latest episode in a long history of mental illness.

Word Origin

• late 17th cent. (denoting a section between songs in Greek tragedy): from Greek epeisodion, neuter of epeisodios ‘coming in besides’, from epi ‘in addition’ + eisodos ‘entry’ (from eis ‘into’ + hodos ‘way’).