episode
Pluralepisodes
- 1A single installment of a television, radio, or podcast series, or of another work presented in parts.
The season's final episode left every major plotline unresolved.
She listened to six episodes of the true-crime podcast on her drive home.
UsageSay an episode of a show; things happen in it: in the final episode.
Similarinstallment, part, show
- 2An incident, action, or period of time that stands out on its own while remaining more or less connected to a larger series of events.
The scandal was an embarrassing episode in the senator's otherwise steady career.
Historians treat the gold rush as a brief but vivid episode in the state's development.
UsageUsually with a describing word and in: an embarrassing episode in his career.
Similarevent, incident, occurrence, happening
- 3A stretch of time in which a person goes through a bout of an illness or symptom, particularly of a mental health condition like depression or psychosis.
He was nineteen when he had his first psychotic episode.
Since starting the new medication, she has had far fewer episodes of dizziness.
UsageYou have an episode, named by an adjective or by of: a psychotic episode, episodes of dizziness.
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Origin
Ancient Greek epeisódion (a parenthetic addition or episode) was put together from epí ("on"), eis ("into"), and hodós ("way"). It passed through New Latin epīsodium into French épisode, and English took it from French.