episode
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əˌsoʊd, -ˌzoʊd noun
1.
an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
2.
an incident, scene, etc., within a narrative, usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it.
3.
one of a number of loosely connected, but usually thematically related, scenes or stories constituting a literary work.
4.
5.
Music. an intermediate or digressive passage, especially in a contrapuntal composition.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | an incident, event, or series of events |
| 2. | any one of the sections into which a serialized novel or radio or television programme is divided |
| 3. | an incident, sequence, or scene that forms part of a narrative but may be a digression from the main story |
| 4. | (in ancient Greek tragedy) a section between two choric songs |
| 5. | music a contrasting section between statements of the subject, as in a fugue or rondo |
| [C17: from Greek epeisodion something added, from epi- (in addition) + eisodios coming in, from eis- in + hodos road] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
episode
1678, from Gk. epeisodion "addition," originally neut. of epeisodios "coming in besides," from epi- "in addition" + eisodos "a coming in, entrance" (from eis "into" + hodos "way"). Originally commentary between two choric songs in Gk. tragedy; extended by 1679 to "any incidental narrative or digression
in a story, poem, etc." Sense of "outstanding incident, experience" first recorded in Eng. 1773.
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Example sentences
But the junta might easily have avoided the whole episode.
The show borrows heavily from other sci-fi sources and the first episode was heavy on exposition.
The episode played on existing disenchantment with the foreign ministry.
Volatility, on the other hand, points to an episode that's a bit worse than normal.
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