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episodes

6 definitions • 6 examples
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Examples:

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.
2
a sudden short period in which someone suffers the effects of a physical or mental illness:

Examples:

I had an episode of severe chest pain.
The fainting episode was caused by heat.
He still has therapy for his PTSD and not long ago, he had an episode.
3
one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the television or radio
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Examples:

That was an episode in my life that I’d like to forget.
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An episode is a series of actions or events that take place at one time in a work of literature.
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An episode is also one of the parts of a television or radio program that is given as a series over a period of time.

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