episode
Meanings
Plural: episodes
Noun
- a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
- a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
- a part of a broadcast serial
- film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
- An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
Origin / Etymology
From French épisode, from New Latin *epīsodium, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion, “a parenthetic addition, episode”), neuter of ἐπεισόδιος (epeisódios, “following upon the entrance, coming in besides, adventitious”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + εἰς (eis, “into”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).
Synonyms
affair, befalling, episode, event, goings-on, hap, happening, incident, installment, instalment, occasion, occurrence, proceeding, sequence
Scrabble Score: 10
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