episode
Plural: episodes
Noun
- An incident or event in a longer sequence or story.
- a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
- a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
- a part of a broadcast serial
- film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
- An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
Examples
- Each turn in Words With Friends is an EPISODE in a larger strategic narrative.
- I can't wait till next week’s episode.
- It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.
Origin / Etymology
From French épisode, from New Latin *epīsodium, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion, “a parenthetic addition, episode”), neuter of ἐπεισόδιος (epeisódios, “following upon the entrance, coming in besides, adventitious”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + εἰς (eis, “into”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).
Synonyms
installment, instalment, sequence, affair, befalling, episode, event, goings-on, hap, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence, proceeding
Scrabble Score: 10
episode: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordepisode: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
episode: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary