episode
[noun]
Synonyms:
- event, adventure, affair, escapade, experience, happening, incident, matter, occurrence
- part, chapter, instalment, passage, scene, section

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English Thesaurus: part, bit, piece, component, section, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ep‧i‧sode /ˈepəsəʊd, ˈepɪsəʊd $ -soʊd/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Greek; Origin: epeisodion, from epeisodios 'coming in besides']

1. an event or a short period of time during which something happens:
She decided she would try to forget the episode by the lake.
one of the most interesting episodes in his career

2. a television or radio programme that is one of a series of programmes in which the same story is continued each week ⇒ series:
Watch next week’s thrilling episode!
episode of
the first episode of a new drama series

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

episode
noun
I. one separate event in sb's life/a story
ADJ. dramatic, exciting | bizarre, extraordinary | sad, tragic, unfortunate, unpleasant | major | brief | acute, severe (medical) an acute episode of pneumonia
latest She has only told you about the latest episode in a long history of mental illness.
VERB + EPISODE remember | forget
PREP. during an ~ during a brief episode of socialist rule
~ from remembering episodes from our childhood
~ in an extraordinary episode in American history
PHRASES the entire/whole episode He says he just wants to forget the whole unfortunate episode.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

episode
II. one part of a TV/radio drama
ADJ. exciting, thrilling Don't miss next week's exciting episode!
next, | final, last
VERB + EPISODE see, watch | miss | film, make The next episode has not yet been filmed.
PREP. during/in an/the ~ It happened in the final episode of ‘Star Trek’.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

part something that together with other things forms a whole:
It looks like part of a car engine.
The best part of the movie was the end.
The hardest part is getting started.
bit especially British English informal a small part of something:
Some bits of the book are really funny.
I didn’t read the bottom bit.
piece one of several different parts that you join together to make something:
One of the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle was missing.
The furniture comes in several pieces.
component a part of a machine or process:
The company supplies engine components for trucks.
Education is a major component in a child' s growth and development.
section a part of something that is clearly different and separate from other parts:
The test is divided into two sections.
the reference section of the library
the string section of the orchestra
chapter one of the numbered parts that a book is divided into:
The opening chapter of the book sets the scene.
scene one of the parts that a film or play is divided into:
Some scenes had to be cut because they were too violent.
act 1, scene 2 of the play
episode a part of a story on the television or the radio, which is told in separate parts:
I missed last week’s episode.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲