episodenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈep.ɪ.səʊd/us/ˈep.ə.soʊd/episode noun [ C ] (EVENT)
B2 a single event or group of related events:
This latest episode in the fraud scandal has shocked a lot of people.
The drugs, the divorce, and the depression - it's an episode in his life that he wants to forget.
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- The whole episode left me fuming at the injustice of it all.
- It was just another episode in an ongoing saga of marriage problems.
- The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.
- That was a funny episode in my life.
- It was an episode in his life that he'd like to forget.
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Events and occurrences
- -athon
- a close call idiom
- a close/near thing idiom
- action
- all-nighter
- back story
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageant idiom
- call
- development
- event
- happening
- incident
- jamboree
- life event
- milestone
- past
- spectacle
- synchronicity
- to-ing and fro-ing
- turn of events
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episode noun [ C ] (PART OF STORY)
B2 one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the television or radio
Examples
- Next up on Channel 4 is the first episode of a new medical drama set in Chicago.
- It's the penultimate episode of the series tonight.
- It's my favourite TV programme - I never miss an episode.
- I missed the second episode of the series so I don't know what's going on now.
- It is her proud boast that she has never missed a single episode of the soap opera.
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Broadcasting: programmes & other broadcasts
- action replay
- blooper
- breakfast television
- broadcast
- bulletin
- commentary
- filler
- fly on the wall idiom
- game show
- God slot
- headline
- pilot
- podcast
- programme
- repeat
- serial
- signature tune
- simulcast
- sitcom
- situation comedy
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