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episode

  (ĕp'ĭ-sōd') pronunciation
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    1. An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence: “South Africa may remain one of history's most tragic episodes” (Bayard Rustin).
    2. One of a series of related events in the course of a continuous account. See synonyms at occurrence.
  1. A portion of a narrative that relates an event or a series of connected events and forms a coherent story in itself; an incident: an episode in a picaresque novel.
    1. A separate part of a serialized work, such as a novel or play.
    2. A separate program that is part of a television or radio series.
  2. A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.
  3. Music. A passage between statements of a main subject or theme, as in a rondo or fugue.

[French épisode, from Greek epeisodion, parenthetic narrative, from neuter of epeisodios, coming in besides : epi-, epi- + eisodios, entering (eis, into + hodos, way, journey).]


 
 
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noun

    Something significant that happens: circumstance, development, event, happening, incident, news, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happen.

 

A subsidiary or intermediate section of a rondo or other musical form; in fugue, any passage in which the subject is not heard.



 

episode (epeisodion), in Greek tragedy, the dialogue between two choral odes, corresponding to the modern ‘act’ (see TRAGEDY 3). In Old Comedy, episodes are the brief scenes following the parabasis, separated by choral songs and illustrating the consequences of the hero's achievement of his aim (see COMEDY, GREEK 3 (v)).

 

A noteworthy happening occurring in the course of a continuous series of events.

 

An incident that forms part of a story and is significantly related to it. Episodes may be either self-contained narratives or events that depend on a larger context for their sense and importance. Examples of episodes include the founding of Wilmington, Delaware in Charles Reade's The Disinherited Heir and the individual events comprising the picaresque novels and medieval romances.

 
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IN BRIEF: A happening or incident that forms part of a whole story.

pronunciation In the first episode of the television program, we learned how the dog came to live with the family.

 
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An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars. Episodes of news programs are also known as editions.

Episodes which end in the middle of a climatic moment are often called cliffhangers, after the name used for early movie serials. Such episodes can be nearly daily occurrences in soap operas and are frequently used in season finales of many prime time shows.

Episodes can be part of a larger story arc stretched out over a time period covering one or more seasons, or even an entire series run. This is true for some science fiction series such as Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1 and Star Trek.

Shows usually have numbers or codes (aka, Production codes/numbers) for each episode. The X-Files, for example, assigned a code in the format "sXnn", with 's' identifying the season number and 'nn' being a two-digit number for each show, starting with '01'. Some programs, such as The Simpsons, use numbering systems that are hard for anyone outside the production company to understand.

Some series often give episodes their own titles which usually refer to the content of the episode, giving both producers and fans a simple identification,these will usually have a pattern such as being a pun on a known item (such as a phrase or title of a of some other media) or follow some naming convention of the series:

  • Episode titles of Monk always begin with "Mr. Monk "
  • Episode titles of Friends almost all begin with "The one with" or "the one where"
  • Episode titles of Scrubs usually begin with "My" as they are narrated by J.D., the main character. They are sometimes called "His Story" or "Her Story", followed by a roman numeral when narrated by another character.
  • Later seasons of Diagnosis: Murder usually included "Murder" in their titles.
  • All episodes of Ed, Edd n' Eddy have the word Ed in their titles.

In addition, the word episode can also refer to a portion, or stasimon, of a tragic play; this usually being associated with those of the ancient Greeks.

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Translations: Translations for: Episode

Dansk (Danish)
n. - afsnit, mellemstykke, episode, sidehandling, hændelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
episode, aflevering, scène, reeks van gebeurtenissen

Français (French)
n. - épisode

Deutsch (German)
n. - Episode

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επεισόδιο

Italiano (Italian)
episodio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - episódio (m), capítulo (m) (de um seriado)

Русский (Russian)
эпизод, случай, происшествие, серия

Español (Spanish)
n. - episodio, incidente, lance

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - episod, avsnitt, del

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
插曲, 有趣的事件, 插话

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 插曲, 有趣的事件, 插話

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 삽화, 대화 장면, 에피소드

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - エピソード, 挿話, 挿話的なでき事

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حلقه في مسلسل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקרה, אפיזודה‬


 
 

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