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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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