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

  • (..) or even making a great mix cd for the o. Surgery is long, tedious and boring. Oh, I get it... Like episodes of "Entourage" that revolve around Turtle. Sometimes you have to stand totally still and stay completely lasered in, even if it means (..)
    2010 TvShow: Scrubs Title: Our Thanks Season: 9 Episode 13