episode
A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
Noun 2 meanings
A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
“It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.”
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.”
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”).
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EPISODE at a glance
EPISODE has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (E 1 + P 3 + I 1 + S 1 + O 1 + D 2 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,099 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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