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Definition of Episode
1. Noun. A happening that is distinctive in a series of related events.
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Drama, Dramatic Event, Chapter, Idyll
Terms within: Incident
Specialized synonyms: Drama, Dramatic Event, Chapter, Idyll
Terms within: Incident
2. Noun. A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series.
3. Noun. A part of a broadcast serial.
Exact synonyms: Installment, Instalment
Generic synonyms: Broadcast, Program, Programme
Group relationships: Serial, Series
Specialized synonyms: Cliffhanger
Generic synonyms: Broadcast, Program, Programme
Group relationships: Serial, Series
Specialized synonyms: Cliffhanger
4. Noun. Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie.
Exact synonyms: Sequence
Generic synonyms: Film, Photographic Film
Group relationships: Film, Flick, Motion Picture, Motion-picture Show, Movie, Moving Picture, Moving-picture Show, Pic, Picture, Picture Show
Generic synonyms: Film, Photographic Film
Group relationships: Film, Flick, Motion Picture, Motion-picture Show, Movie, Moving Picture, Moving-picture Show, Pic, Picture, Picture Show
Definition of Episode
1. n. A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
Definition of Episode
1. an incident in the course of a continuous experience [n -S] : EPISODIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Episode
1. A noteworthy happening or series of happenings occurring in the course of continuous events, as an episode of illness, a separate but not unrelated incident. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)