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episode Definition

epi·sode (epə sōd′)

noun

  1. the part of an ancient Greek tragedy between two choric songs: it corresponds to an act
  2. in a novel, poem, etc., any part of the story, or a narrative digression, that is largely complete in itself
  3. any event or series of events complete in itself but forming part of a larger one an episode in the war
  4. any installment of a serialized story or drama
  5. Music a passage or section digressing from a main theme, as in a fugue or rondo

Etymology: Gr epeisodion, addition, episode, orig. neut. of epeisodios, following upon the entrance < epi-, upon + eisodos, an entrance < eis-, into + hodos, way, road < IE base *sed-, to go

episode Synonyms

episode

n.

episode Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • watch: In total, I've probably only ever watched three episodes end to end.

Adjective modifier

  • depressive: For a major depressive episode, symptoms must appear on a daily basis and last most of the day or all day.
  • psychotic: While he was creating the eighth Lilys album, his wife had a psychotic episode and abandoned him.
  • acute: During acute episodes of pain, you may need stronger conventional pain medication - contact your GP for advice.
  • recurrent: Back Pack aims to tackle the adverse effects of back pain and reduce the risk of recurrent back pain episodes.
  • half-hour: Thirteen half-hour episodes ( titled Episode 1 to Episode 13 ) were made before the show canceled.
  • manic: One of the cases has a sibling with a manic episode after isotretinoin treatment.

Modifies a noun

  • psychosis: Increasing public and professional awareness of the symptoms and course of first episode psychosis assists early case detection.
  • factsheet: Episode Factsheet What are the issues surrounding drugs in prison?

Noun used with modifier

  • pilot: According to EA, around 100,000 people signed up for the free pilot episode of Majestic.
  • bleeding: Treatment Supportive therapies are required for acute bleeding episodes ( blood transfusion, iron and folate supplementation, oxygen therapy etc ).
  • twenty-two: The really good stuff is in season two which was twenty-two episodes long.
  • opening: Later that evening, over eight million viewers tuned into the opening episode of Spooks season two.

Possessives

  • tonight: For me there were two critical moments in tonight's episode.

Preposition: of

  • psychosis: The person will be aged between 16 and 35 and has been diagnosed with a first episode of psychosis within the last 3 years.
  • duration: Pilot 120 minutes followed by 66 episodes of 60 minute duration.
  • mania: Episodes of mania are usually treated with antipsychotic medication ( for example medicines such as chlorpromazine and haloperidol are used ).
  • self-harm: The number of episodes of deliberate self-harm is far greater.
  • hypomania: The first episodes of hypomania or depression are often related to severe emotional or physical stress.
  • series: He recently did an episode of the science fiction series Lex, which was filmed in Halifax, Canada.
episode Quotes

L'amour est l'histoire de la vie des femmes, c'est un e¤  pisode dans celle des hommes. Love is the story of a woman's life, but onlyan episode in the life of a man.

—Stae«  l, Germaine Necker, Baronne de

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