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Definition of episode noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

episode

noun
 
/ˈepɪsəʊd/
 
/ˈepɪsəʊd/
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  1. one part of a story that is broadcast on television or radio in several parts
    • The next episode has not yet been filmed.
    • I watched a few episodes of seasons one and two.
    • The soap opera is ending after 175 episodes.
    • episode in something I only saw the first episode in the series
    • in an episode It happened in the final episode of ‘Star Trek’.
    Topics TV, radio and newsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • exciting
    • thrilling
    • classic
    verb + episode
    • catch
    • see
    • watch
    preposition
    • during an/​the episode
    • in an/​the episode
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  2. an event, a situation, or a period of time in somebody’s life, a novel, etc. that is important or interesting in some way synonym incident
    • I'd like to try and forget the whole episode.
    • One of the funniest episodes in the book occurs in Chapter 6.
    • It was an episode in his life that he was not proud of.
    Extra Examples
    • He says he just wants to forget the whole unfortunate episode.
    • I still remember that episode from my childhood.
    • an extraordinary episode in American history
    • during a brief episode of socialist rule
    • It turned out to be one of the funniest episodes in the novel.
    Topics Literature and writingb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dramatic
    • exciting
    • bizarre
    verb + episode
    • remember
    • forget
    • experience
    preposition
    • during an episode
    • episode from
    • episode in
    phrases
    • the entire episode
    • the whole episode
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  3. a period of time during which somebody is affected by a particular illness or a particular stage of a longer illness
    • an acute episode of pneumonia
    • All the patients had episodes of unexplained fever.
    • His former wife suffered with depressive episodes.
    Extra Examples
    • They were admitted to hospital after experiencing episodes of breathlessness.
    • In his twenties he had a psychotic episode.
    • I've suffered badly with social anxiety but it's been over 100 days since my last episode.
    Topics Health problemsc2
  4. Word Originlate 17th cent. (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’).
See episode in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee episode in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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