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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: epeisodion, from epeisodios 'coming in besides'

episode

 noun
     
Related topics: Television and Radio
ep‧i‧sode [countable]
1 an event or a short period of time during which something happens:
She decided she would try to forget the episode by the lake.
one of the most interesting episodes in his career
2AMT a 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
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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