# episode

Pronunciation: US say "EP-uh-sohd" /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/; UK say "EP-i-sohd" /ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/

## Noun

1. A single installment of a television, radio, or podcast series, or of another work presented in parts.
   - Simple: One part of a TV, radio, or podcast series, or another work presented in separate 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._
2. An incident, action, or period of time that stands out on its own while remaining more or less connected to a larger series of events.
   - Simple: One event or time that stands out by itself but is part of a bigger story.
   - _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._
3. A 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.
   - Simple: A time when someone has an attack of an illness, often a mental illness.
   - _He was nineteen when he had his first psychotic episode._
   - _Since starting the new medication, she has had far fewer episodes of dizziness._

## 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.

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