episodeep‧i‧sode /ˈepəsəʊd $ -soʊd/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
She decided she would try to forget the episode by the lake. one of the most interesting episodes in his career2a television or radio programme that is one of a series of programmes in which the same story is continued each week: Watch next week’s thrilling episode!episode of the first episode of a new drama series► see thesaurus at part
WORD ORIGINepisode
Origin:
1600-1700 Greek epeisodion, from epeisodios ‘coming in besides’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Brad Pitt made a guest appearance on last week's episode.
- Ernie directed all 12 of the half-hour episodes for television.
- I've never even seen an episode of Star Trek.
- Susan has had several episodes of depression lately.
- That was one of the best episodes - I wish I'd got it on tape.
- The final episode will be broadcast next week.
- Hourly frequency and mean duration of reflux episodes in the upright and supine period were also calculated in each patient.
- However, this episode constitutes a reminder of its pitfalls.
- In the first episode the islanders interview prospective families.
- The basic plan provides for two classroom periods to be spent on each episode.
- This episode has seemed strange to Sinologists, and all the more interesting for that.
- This patient had experienced several episodes of palpitations although she was otherwise well.
- You can still see episodes of this at the Museum of Radio and Television.
THESAURUS
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.
especially British English informal a small part of something: · Some bits of the book are really funny.· I didn’t read the bottom bit.
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.
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.
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
one of the numbered parts that a book is divided into: · The opening chapter of the book sets the 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
a part of a story on the television or the radio, which is told in separate parts: · I missed last week’s episode.
Longman Language Activatorpart of a story/book/film/play etc · Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', adapted for radio in six partspart of · I've finished the first part of my thesis.part about · Did you understand the part about switching the modem speed?Part One/Part 2 etc (=one of the main parts that a book, TV story etc is divided into) · Part One ends with the death of the hero's father.
British spoken a small part of a story or film: · My favourite bit is when they try to escape.bit of: · Some bits of the book are actually quite funny.
a part of a story on radio or television that is told in separate parts, usually weekly: · That was one of the best episodes - I wish I'd got it on tape.· Brad Pitt made a guest appearance on last week's episode.· Ernie directed all 12 of the half-hour episodes for television. episode of: · I've never even seen an episode of Star Trek.
British /installment American part of a story that is told in several parts printed regularly in a magazine or newspaper over a period of time: · Oliver Stone was in Thailand shooting the final instalment in his Vietnam trilogy, Heaven And Earth.weekly/monthly instalments: · Dickens wrote his novels in weekly instalments for a magazine.instalment of: · We are proud to present the second instalment of our fantastic six-part competition to win a Renault Clio.
one of the parts that a book is divided into: · These matters are dealt with in Chapters 8 & 9.· 'Have you finished "Lord of the Rings" yet?' 'I'm on the last chapter.'
one of the smaller parts of a play or film in which the same characters appear or the events happen in the same place: · The sex scenes between Depardieu and Brochet are sensitively filmed.· The ghost appears in Act 2, Scene 1.opening/closing scene (=the first or the last scene): · The opening scene of the movie features the gangsters discussing their next heist.
a part taken from something such as a book or a speech in order to show its most important points or to show what the whole of it is like: · In the following extract, Jones presents the arguments in favour of nuclear power.extract from: · The book contains previously unpublished material, including extracts from diaries, letters and taped interviews.
a short part taken from a film, book, speech, piece of music etc: excerpt from: · I'd like to read out a short excerpt from the poem.· The following excerpt is from one of my students' essays.· He played some excerpts from Grieg's piano concerto.
a short part of a film or other recording that is taken and used in another film or in a television programme: · The police have released a video clip of the attack. · The new software makes it possible to cut and paste sound or video clips from one application to another.clip from: · I saw a clip from the new Michael Douglas movie on TV last night.
WORD SETSaction replay, nounAM, nounanchor, nounanchor, verbanchorperson, nounannounce, verbannouncer, nounantenna, nounAutocue, nounbleep, verbbreakfast television, nounbroadcaster, nounbroadcasting, nouncable, nouncable television, call-in, nouncathode ray tube, nounchannel surfing, nounchat show, nounclosedown, nounCNN, continuity, noundisc jockey, nounepisode, nounfast-forward, verbfly-on-the-wall, adjectiveFM, noungame show, nounghetto blaster, nounheadphones, nounhost, nouninfomercial, nouninfotainment, nouninstant replay, nouninterference, nounITV, lead-in, nounlocal radio, nounloop, nounminiseries, nounmonitor, nounnarrator, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbnews, nounnews agency, nounnews bulletin, nounnewscast, nounnewsflash, nounnewsreader, nounomnibus, nounon, prepositionout-take, nounphone-in, nounpilot, nounplay-by-play, nounpresent, verbprime time, nounprogramme, nounprogramming, nounpublic access channel, nounpublic television, nounquestion master, nounquiz, nounradio, nounremote, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrequest, nounscreen, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounscreenplay, nounscreenwriter, nounscriptwriter, nounseason, nounsimulcast, verbsitcom, nounsituation comedy, nounsoap, nounsoap opera, nounsound, nounspeaker, nounspin-off, nounsplit screen, nounsportscast, nounspot, nounstation break, nounstudio, nounstudio audience, nounswingometer, nountalking head, nountalk show, nountest card, nountrailer, nountransmission, nountube, nounTV, nounvideo, nounvideo camera, nounvideo nasty, nounvoice-over, nounwardrobe, nounweatherman, nounwireless, nounzapper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES This whole sorry episode (=bad thing that happened) shows just how incompetent the government has become.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1an event or a short period of time during which something happens: This whole sorry episode (=bad thing that happened) shows just how incompetent the government has become.· The study's design provided the opportunity to examine the predictors of long-term survival after an acute episode of pneumonia.· When the patient is over the acute episode and begins recovery the insulin requirement usually decreases.· Two sets of findings in particular suggest preventive strategies that could considerably reduce the prevalence of acute psychotic episodes.
· This was a brief episode of climatic amelioration after the last glaciation.· Likewise, during the frigid eras of ice sheet advances, numerous brief episodes of extreme warming occurred.· However, save for that brief and embarrassing episode, the day had continued to be one of great enjoyment.· This option, at least, allows for a brief semi-humorous episode.· Therefore, the line seeks direction and magnitude at each brief episode of the journey.
· But the entire episode left the party looking damaged and fragile.· Others will be completely amnesic for the entire episode and not even aware that a seizure has occurred.· As is invariably the case in such matters, the only people to profit from the entire episode were the lawyers.· For some who have seen the entire episode develop, it practically drips with an uneasy feeling.· Jean hadn't even asked Helen what she had said; the entire episode had slipped her mind.· And you never thought about your role in that entire episode?· The entire episode might have gone unnoticed had there not been a routine monitoring of the base communications tapes last week.· Unenthusiastic about the entire Gulf episode, he is not thrilled at this unprecedented task but he must obey the Security Council.
· Robert Hardy says he re-arranged his schedule to make sure he could appear in the final episode of Inspector Morse.· The final episode of the season will feature the group in a live concert.· After this final fatal episode the eruption dragged on for many months, lasting well into 1903.· The final 90-minute episode will be screened on Channel 4 on Sunday night.
· Soon, the new form will be gone, and the latest episode in the moth's evolutionary adventures will be over.· In later episodes of thirtysomething, Hope returned to work.· It's the latest episode in a success story for Pete, who has no formal training as a blacksmith.· A major late north-north-west thrust episode has been identified, possibly associated with movements on the Boundary Slide in adjacent areas.· When was the Home Secretary informed about this latest episode?· In the latest episode, rivers and wetlands have often been the field of battle.
· This little episode shows how Norman regarded the stress which accompanies any art form when it has been seriously undertaken.· Two months later we pushed off to Paris and, except for one little episode, the journey went well.· That unedifying but intriguing little episode must have been round the Lab within minutes of its happening.· The army hadn't been too pleased about that little episode either.· Firstly, this little episode exposes pre-nuptial contracts in this country to be the complete waste of paper they are.· One presumes this little episode contributed significantly to the breakdown of the Beckers' once-strong marriage.· Now I think we should bring down the curtain on this little episode, and go to bed.
· In the new book, the original camp meeting episode is published as an appendix.
· Perhaps Boniface was also prejudiced by one particular episode.· No one looked back at that particular episode in the construction of Worldwide Plaza with pleasure or pride.· Certainly the subject, sought from within a particular conscious episode, is peculiarly recessive.· But that for other types, the particular episodes of yesterday and today, is defective.· Esther could not have planned that particular episode better if she had intended it.
· Mrs T had recently been readmitted to hospital following a psychotic episode.· Homeless patients receive medication to get well enough to return to the streets where they live until their next psychotic episode.· However, Marsilid also had more unwanted effects than its companion drug, and some patients experienced psychotic episodes.· Larson cites a medical journal article of 22 years ago that compares a religious experience to a psychotic episode.· A number of factors may then precipitate a psychotic episode, including emotionally arousing events and a stressful environment.· Most of the psychotic episodes experienced by people using Halcion involved high doses for extended periods of time.· Two sets of findings in particular suggest preventive strategies that could considerably reduce the prevalence of acute psychotic episodes.
· He was referred by his General Practitioner whom he had consulted after experiencing recurrent episodes of upper abdominal pain and severe indigestion.
· This single episode gave me a very good picture of Harold Wilson's qualities and defects.· Indeed, no single episode combines as many combustible elements as this one.· In every single episode you see a life saved.
· I still have the entire documentation of this sorry episode in my archive.· Tories now fear, however, that the whole sorry episode has damaged the Prime Minister too.
· He took the boy through the whole episode.· Demand has been fairly strong throughout this whole bizarre episode....· I can remember vividly the whole episode with Docklands Express.· Though the fault was hardly my own, the President seemed to associate me with the whole unfortunate episode.· This whole episode is probably good news for the hobby.· And he was crucial in the amazing lack of leaks in this whole episode.· Certainly by 1100 the whole episode had fallen into almost complete oblivion.· Later, the whole episode struck Jne as funny.
NOUN· Hourly frequency and mean duration of reflux episodes in the upright and supine period were also calculated in each patient.
VERB· What is distinctive is the idea that consciousness can be adequately described in terms of causal episodes.· Gradually as he described similar episodes in which he was attacked or provoked, Deborah saw two patterns emerging.· Children will be asked to watch and then describe such simple pretend episodes.· The person often describes previous episodes of low back pain with or without lower extremity radiation.
· Mrs T had recently been readmitted to hospital following a psychotic episode.· Her depression lifted in March 1990 and quickly was followed by an epic episode of mania.· That is expected to be followed by six more episodes at a cost of £1.6 million each.· Voluminous diplomatic correspondence, in a serious but ridiculous vein, followed this episode.· Certain questions follow from this episode.
· An interesting example of this was shown in an episode of the science fiction series Babylon 5.· Fastolf's methods in securing gains are shown by an episode recorded in the archives of the Parlement of Paris.· Traffic showed that it can, with its ingestion of a multiple-storyline epic originally shown over several episodes on television.
· Peter Redburn hated Pemberley and he had fed his hatred by watching every episode.· I watched the first few episodes, but quickly lost interest.· The storyline at the moment is very good, gripping and makes you watch the next episode.· But for anyone who had watched the earlier episodes, this was a pointless drama of reiteration.
She decided she would try to forget the episode by the lake. one of the most interesting episodes in his career2a television or radio programme that is one of a series of programmes in which the same story is continued each week: Watch next week’s thrilling episode!episode of the first episode of a new drama series► see thesaurus at part