{
    "term": "episode",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "one part of a story that is broadcast on television or radio in several parts",
            "sensetop": "episode in somethingin an episode",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The next episode has not yet been filmed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **watched** a few **episodes **of seasons one and two."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soap opera is ending after 175 episodes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I only saw the first episode in the series",
                    "contextForm": "episode in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It happened in the **final episode** of ‘Star Trek’.",
                    "contextForm": "in an episode"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["exciting", "thrilling", "classic"],
                "verb + episode": ["catch", "see", "watch"],
                "preposition": ["during an/​the episode", "in an/​the episode"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an event, a situation, or a period of time in somebody’s life, a novel, etc. that is important or interesting in some way",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'd like to try and forget the whole episode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of the funniest episodes in the book occurs in Chapter 6."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was an episode in his life that he was not proud of."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He says he just wants to forget the whole unfortunate episode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I still remember that episode from my childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an extraordinary episode in American history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "during a brief episode of socialist rule"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It turned out to be one of the funniest episodes in the novel."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "incident",
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dramatic", "exciting", "bizarre"],
                "verb + episode": ["remember", "forget", "experience"],
                "preposition": ["during an episode", "episode from", "episode in"],
                "phrases": ["the entire episode", "the whole episode"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a period of time during which somebody is affected by a particular illness or a particular stage of a longer illness",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an acute episode of pneumonia"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the patients had episodes of unexplained fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His former wife suffered with depressive episodes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were admitted to hospital after experiencing episodes of breathlessness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In his twenties he had a psychotic episode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've suffered badly with social anxiety but it's been over 100 days since my last episode."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈepɪsəʊd/",
                "audio": "ep/episode/episode__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈepɪsəʊd/",
                "audio": "ep/episode/episode__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent. (denoting a section between songs in Greek tragedy): from Greek epeisodion, neuter of epeisodios ‘coming in besides’, from epi ‘in addition’ + eisodos ‘entry’ (from eis ‘into’ + hodos ‘way’)."
}