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# episode

noun (an episode, episodes)

«episode» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An episode is one part of a TV or radio series, podcast or story told in parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#m1)
2. An episode is one event or short period of time that stands out, like an episode of illness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children watch episodes of shows; in reading, a long story may have episodes. Phrases: «the next episode», «the first episode», «an episode of», «a funny episode».

### Examples

- I watched one episode of the cartoon before bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#x1)
- The last episode ended with a mystery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#x2)
- Each episode is twenty minutes long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#x3)
- There are ten episodes in the first series. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#x4)
- That was an embarrassing episode I'd rather forget. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#x5)
- Grandpa had an episode of dizziness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#x6)
- If each episode is 25 minutes, 4 episodes take 100 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#x7)
- With the bridge-building episode in this "legend" may be compared the opening of another Russian story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Starts with a vowel sound: «an episode». A group of episodes is a «series» (UK) or «season» (US). In maths, multiplying episode length by the number of episodes gives the total time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «episode» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/episode/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«episode» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/episode.html) on Mova free.