chapter | | |
n. (communication) | 1. chapter | a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled.; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
n. (time) | 2. chapter | any distinct period in history or in a person's life.; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship" |
| ~ phase, stage | any distinct time period in a sequence of events.; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" |
n. (group) | 3. chapter | a local branch of some fraternity or association.; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ gild, guild, social club, club, lodge, society, order | a formal association of people with similar interests.; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" |
| ~ frat, fraternity | a social club for male undergraduates. |
n. (group) | 4. chapter | an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church. |
| ~ assembly | a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose. |
n. (event) | 5. chapter | a series of related events forming an episode.; "a chapter of disasters" |
| ~ episode | a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events. |
episode | | |
n. (event) | 1. episode | a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events. |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ dramatic event, drama | an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional. |
| ~ chapter | a series of related events forming an episode.; "a chapter of disasters" |
| ~ idyll | an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll. |
| ~ incident | a single distinct event. |
n. (communication) | 2. episode | a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series. |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
n. (communication) | 3. episode, installment, instalment | a part of a broadcast serial. |
| ~ broadcast, program, programme | a radio or television show.; "did you see his program last night?" |
| ~ serial, series | a serialized set of programs.; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" |
| ~ cliffhanger | an episode that ends in suspense. |
n. (artifact) | 4. episode, sequence | film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie. |
| ~ photographic film, film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies. |
| ~ film, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show, flick, picture | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
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