episode
A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
Example
“It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.”
Other meanings
A bounded narrative unit within a television series, constituting a single installment that is structurally discrete yet interrelated with the series as a whole.
“I can't wait till next week’s episode.”
Related words
- appisode
- episodal
- episodial
- minisode
- mobisode
- multiepisode
- postepisode
- webisode
- episodic
- episodical
- very special episode
- Carnian pluvial episode
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἐπεισόδιον" (a parenthetic addition, episode).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “episode” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.