episode

Definition

  • noun: an event or a short period of time that is important or unusual
  • noun: a usually brief unit of action in a dramatic or literary work
  • synonyms: action, adventure, affair

Examples

  • The patient has experienced recurrent/repeated 'episodes' [='bouts'] of severe infection.

  • Millions of people are expected to watch the show's final 'episode'.

  • It was a brief romantic 'episode' in a life devoted to work.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Back in the s, I was in a very famous TV Show called Horsin' Around. Please hold your applause. And I remember one time, a fan asked me, "Hey, um, you know that episode where the horse has to give Ethan a pep talk, after Ethan finds out his crush only asked him to the dance (..)
    2018 TvShow: BoJack Horseman Title: Free Churro Season: 5 Episode 6
  • (..) I knew this meant that she loved me. Now, that's a good story about my mother. It's not true, but it's a good story, right? I stole it from an episode of Maude I saw when i was a kid, where she talks about her father. I remember when I saw it, thinking that's the kind of story I want to tell (..)
    2018 TvShow: BoJack Horseman Title: Free Churro Season: 5 Episode 6