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   Ep·i·sode

   /ˈepəˌsōd/

   

   noun

   • 1. an event or a group of events occurring as part of a larger sequence; an incident or period considered in isolation: "the latest episode in the feud" Similar incidenteventoccurrencehappeningoccasioninterludechapterexperienceadventureexploitmatteraffairbusinesscircumstanceset of circumstancesthingordealtrial
   • ▪ each of the separate installments into which a serialized story or radio or television program is divided. Similar installmentsectionchaptersceneactpassagepartdivisionportionsubsectionsegmentcomponentprogramshow
   • ▪ a finite period in which someone is affected by a specified illness: "acute psychotic episodes" Similar periodspellboutfitattackintervalphaseinformal:dose
   • ▪ a passage containing distinct material or introducing a new subject.
   • ▪ a section between two choric songs in Greek tragedy.

   Word Origin late 17th century (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’).

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