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Synonyms for episodes

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ep-uh-sohd, -zohd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp əˌsoʊd, -ˌzoʊd

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Définition of episodes

Origin :
  • 1670s, "commentary between two choric songs in a Greek tragedy," also "an incidental narrative or digression within a story, poem, etc.," from French épisode or directly from Greek epeisodion "addition," noun use of neuter of epeisodios "coming in besides," from epi "in addition" (see epi-) + eisodos "a coming in, entrance" (from eis "into" + hodos "way"). Sense of "outstanding incident, experience" first recorded in English 1773. Transferred by 1930s to individual broadcasts of serial radio programs.
  • noun adventure; scene
Example sentences :
  • The English middling classes like to pretend that there are no episodes.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • I could tell you episodes of the Separationist revolution that would astonish you.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • His letter described to me the two aspects and some of the episodes of the case.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • A hundred episodes might be related of the Stony Creek raid.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • In fact, in these episodes of malice at bay, there is for you temptation and no sin.
  • Extract from : « En Route » by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
  • We have only detailed one or two episodes in their wild career.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Man of the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • There were episodes in The School for Husbands that were very clever and enlivening.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
  • This sprinkling of life with episodes was like a little tonic.
  • Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter
  • He shuffled these episodes out of sight—I saw he had no wish to discuss them.
  • Extract from : « Some Short Stories » by Henry James
  • That is but one of a thousand episodes in the world into which we are introduced in these pages.
  • Extract from : « Immortal Memories » by Clement Shorter

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