episode

(ĕp'ĭ-sōd')
n.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.
5. 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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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.

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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.

For a list of words related to episode, see:

• Mental States, Processes, and Behavior - episode: specific instance of behavior or condition
• Television Programming and Institutions - episode: regular installment of ongoing program

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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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