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: a noteworthy happening

: a social occasion or activity

: an adverse or damaging medical occurrence

a heart attack or other cardiac event

: any of the contests in a program of sports

: a postulated outcome, condition, or eventuality

in the event that I am not there, call the house

: the final outcome or determination of a legal action

: the fundamental entity of observed physical reality represented by a point designated by three coordinates of place and one of time in the space-time continuum postulated by the theory of relativity

: a subset of the possible outcomes of an experiment

Phrases

at all events

in any event

in the event

Synonyms

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an encounter that was a chance occurrence

event usually implies an occurrence of some importance and frequently one having antecedent cause.

the events following the assassination

incident suggests an occurrence of brief duration or secondary importance.

episode stresses the distinctiveness or apartness of an incident.

a brief romantic episode in a life devoted to work

circumstance implies a specific detail attending an action or event as part of its setting or background.

couldn’t recall the exact circumstances

Example Sentences

The article recounted the events of the past year.

the last major event of the summer

He had no memory of the events that happened afterwards.

The accident was caused by an unusual sequence of events.

She likes to arrive at social events early.

It’s the only event on the golf tour that she hasn’t yet won.

Recent Examples on the Web

The most powerful tornado of that event was an EF-3 that was blamed for one death in northern Madison County near the Tennessee border.

—Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Apr. 2023

The what-ifs persist because the significance of an event like this one isn’t fixed in the first moment; in Brighton’s case, the meaning is still being fashioned.

—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023

The conflict in Ukraine is one of a number of events causing worries about the global economy.

—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023

The award recognizes investigative reporting published within 30 days of a news event.

—Marc Duvoisin, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Apr. 2023

Dateline attempted to reach out to the friend for his recollection of the event, but did not receive a response.

—Kyani Reid, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023

Check out the full lineup of events below.

—Brittanie Shey, Chron, 3 Apr. 2023

This year’s event has included Grey’s Anatomy, Yellowjackets, Abbott Elementary, and The Mandalorian.

—Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 2 Apr. 2023

The Wall Street Journal’s Arts Calendar is a regular series of listings highlighting some of the most important and engaging cultural events each week, curated by the editors of the Arts in Review section.

—Wsj Arts, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin eventus, from evenire to happen, from e- + venire to come — more at come

First Known Use

1539, in the meaning defined at sense 3c

Time Traveler

The first known use of event was
in 1539

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e·vent

(ĭ-vĕnt′)

a. Something that takes place, especially a significant occurrence. See Synonyms at occurrence.

b. A social gathering or activity: The fundraising event was held in the ballroom.

2. Sports A contest in a sports competition, such as a meet: swimming events.

3. Physics A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in spacetime, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.

4. Archaic A final result; an outcome.

Idioms:

at all events

In any case.

in any event

In any case: In any event, the audience seemed pleased with your performance.

in the event

If it should happen; in case: In the event of an emergency, call 911.

[Latin

ēventus

, from past participle of

ēvenīre

, to happen :

ē-, ex-

, ex- +

venīre

, to come; see

g^wā-

in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

e·vent′less adj.

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event

(ɪˈvɛnt)

1. anything that takes place or happens, esp something important; happening; incident

2. the actual or final outcome; result (esp in the phrases in the event, after the event)

3. any one contest in a programme of sporting or other contests: the high jump is his event.

4. (Philosophy) philosophy

a. an occurrence regarded as a bare instant of space-time as contrasted with an object which fills space and has endurance

b. an occurrence regarded in isolation from, or contrasted with, human agency. Compare act⁸

5. in any event at all events regardless of circumstances; in any case

6. in the event of in case of; if (such a thing) happens: in the event of rain the race will be cancelled.

7. in the event that if it should happen that

(Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to take part or ride (a horse) in eventing

[C16: from Latin ēventus a happening, from ēvenīre to come forth, happen, from venīre to come]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

e•vent

(ɪˈvɛnt)

1. something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, esp. one of some importance.

2. something that occurs in a certain place during a particular interval of time.

3. the outcome, issue, or result of anything; consequence.

4. in the theory of relativity, an occurrence that is sharply localized at a single point in space and instant of time.

5. a single sports contest within a scheduled program: the figure-skating event.

Idioms:

1. in any event, regardless of what happens; in any case. Also, at all events.

2. in the event of, if there should be.

3. in the event that, if it should happen that; in case.

[1560–70; < Latin ēventus occurrence, outcome]

e•vent′less, adj.

syn: event, episode, incident refer to a happening. An event is usu. an important happening, esp. one that comes out of and is connected with previous happenings: historical events. An episode is one of a series of happenings, frequently distinct from the main course of events but arising from them and having an interest of its own: an episode in her life. An incident is usu. a minor happening that is connected with an event or series of events of greater importance: an amusing incident in a play.

event

Past participle: evented
Gerund: eventing

Imperative
event
event

Present
I event
you event
he/she/it events
we event
you event
they event

Preterite
I evented
you evented
he/she/it evented
we evented
you evented
they evented

Present Continuous
I am eventing
you are eventing
he/she/it is eventing
we are eventing
you are eventing
they are eventing

Present Perfect
I have evented
you have evented
he/she/it has evented
we have evented
you have evented
they have evented

Past Continuous
I was eventing
you were eventing
he/she/it was eventing
we were eventing
you were eventing
they were eventing

Past Perfect
I had evented
you had evented
he/she/it had evented
we had evented
you had evented
they had evented

Future
I will event
you will event
he/she/it will event
we will event
you will event
they will event

Future Perfect
I will have evented
you will have evented
he/she/it will have evented
we will have evented
you will have evented
they will have evented

Future Continuous
I will be eventing
you will be eventing
he/she/it will be eventing
we will be eventing
you will be eventing
they will be eventing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been eventing
you have been eventing
he/she/it has been eventing
we have been eventing
you have been eventing
they have been eventing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been eventing
you will have been eventing
he/she/it will have been eventing
we will have been eventing
you will have been eventing
they will have been eventing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been eventing
you had been eventing
he/she/it had been eventing
we had been eventing
you had been eventing
they had been eventing

Conditional
I would event
you would event
he/she/it would event
we would event
you would event
they would event

Past Conditional
I would have evented
you would have evented
he/she/it would have evented
we would have evented
you would have evented
they would have evented

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	event — something that happens at a given place and time psychological feature — a feature of the mental life of a living organism human action, human activity, act, deed — something that people do or cause to happen group action — action taken by a group of people might-have-been — an event that could have occurred but never did nonevent — an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent — an event that happens social event — an event characteristic of persons forming groups miracle — a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent migration — (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule make-up, makeup — an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; «he missed the test and had to take a makeup»; «the two teams played a makeup one week later» zap — a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact; «they gave it another zap of radiation»
	2.	event — a special set of circumstances; «in that event, the first possibility is excluded»; «it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled» case circumstance — a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
	3.	event — a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory Einstein’s theory of relativity, relativity, relativity theory, theory of relativity — (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts physical phenomenon — a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
	4.	event — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; «the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise»; «his decision had depressing consequences for business»; «he acted very wise after the event» consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, issue phenomenon — any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning offspring, materialisation, materialization — something that comes into existence as a result; «industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution’s various socialistic offspring»; «this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts» aftereffect — any result that follows its cause after an interval aftermath, wake, backwash — the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); «the aftermath of war»; «in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured» bandwagon effect — the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity; «in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity»; «polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate» brisance — the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion butterfly effect — the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago byproduct, by-product — a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence change — the result of alteration or modification; «there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs»; «there had been no change in the mountains» coattails effect — (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party; «he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election» Coriolis effect — (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere dent — an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); «it made a dent in my bank account» domino effect — the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall) harvest — the consequence of an effort or activity; «they gathered a harvest of examples»; «a harvest of love» wallop, impact — a forceful consequence; a strong effect; «the book had an important impact on my thinking»; «the book packs a wallop» influence — the effect of one thing (or person) on another; «the influence of mechanical action» knock-on effect — a secondary or incidental effect offshoot, outgrowth, branch, offset — a natural consequence of development product — a consequence of someone’s efforts or of a particular set of circumstances; «skill is the product of hours of practice»; «his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue» placebo effect — any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person’s faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs position effect — (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome repercussion, reverberation — a remote or indirect consequence of some action; «his declaration had unforeseen repercussions»; «reverberations of the market crash were felt years later» response — a result; «this situation developed in response to events in Africa» fallout, side effect — any adverse and unwanted secondary effect; «a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal» spillover — (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure

event

noun

1. incident, happening, experience, matter, affair, occasion, proceeding, fact, business, circumstance, episode, adventure, milestone, occurrence, escapade in the wake of recent events in Europe

2. competition, game, tournament, contest, bout major sporting events

in the event of in the eventuality of, in the situation of, in the likelihood of The bank will make an immediate refund in the event of any error.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

event

noun

1. Something that happens:

2. Something significant that happens:

3. Something brought about by a cause:

aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot.

4. Something having real, demonstrable existence:

Translations

събитие

událost

begivenhedkonkurrenceprogrampunkt

okazaĵo

seiksündmus

tapahtuma

događaj

sporteseményversenyszám

atburðuratburîuratvikgrein

出来事

사건

atvejuįvykisjeikad ir kaip ten būtųpilnas įvykių

gadījumsnotikumsnumurs

dogodek

evenemang

เหตุการณ์สำคัญ

sự kiện

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

event

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

event

(iˈvent) noun

1. something that happens; an incident or occurrence. That night a terrible event occurred.

2. an item in a programme of sports etc. The long-jump was to be the third event.

eˈventful adjective

(negative uneventful) full of events; exciting. We had an eventful day.

at all events / at any event

in any case. At all events, we can’t make things worse than they already are.

in that event

if that happens. In that event you must do as he says.

in the event

in the end, as it happened/happens / may happen. In the event, I did not need to go to hospital.

in the event of

if (something) occurs. In the event of his death, you will inherit his money.

event

→ حَدَث událost begivenhed Veranstaltung συμβάν acontecimiento tapahtuma événement događaj evento 出来事 사건 gebeurtenis hendelse zdarzenie evento событие evenemang เหตุการณ์สำคัญ olay sự kiện 事件

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Event may refer to:

Gatherings of people[edit]

Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion
Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest
Event management, the organization of events
Festival, an event that celebrates some unique aspect of a community
Happening, a type of artistic performance
Media event, an event created for publicity
Party, a social, recreational or corporate events held
Sporting event, at which athletic competition takes place
Virtual event, a gathering of individuals within a virtual environment

Science, technology, and mathematics[edit]

Event (computing), a software message indicating that something has happened, such as a keystroke or mouse click
Event (philosophy), an object in time, or an instantiation of a property in an object
Event (probability theory), a set of outcomes to which a probability is assigned
Event (relativity), a point in space at an instant in time, i.e. a location in spacetime
Event (synchronization primitive), a type of synchronization mechanism
Event (UML), in Unified Modeling Language, a notable occurrence at a particular point in time
Event (particle physics), refers to the results just after a fundamental interaction took place between subatomic particles
Event horizon, a boundary in spacetime, typically surrounding a black hole, beyond which events cannot affect an exterior observer
Extinction event, a sharp decrease in the number of extant species in a short period of time
Impact event, in which an extraterrestrial object impacts planet
Mental event, something that happens in the mind, such as a thought

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Event film, a term used to describe highly-anticipated blockbusters
The Event, an American conspiracy thriller television series for NBC
The Event (2003 film), directed by Thom Fitzgerald
The Event (2015 film), directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Derren Brown: The Events, a Channel 4 television series
Event, a literary magazine published by Douglas College

Business[edit]

Event Communications, a London-based museum design consultancy

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈvɛnt/, /əˈvɛnt/
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

event (plural events)

An occurrence; something that happens.
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
  
  the events of his early years
- 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 67:
  
  Experience in Australia indicates that after a devastating weather event, up to one-fifth of people suffer the debilitating effects of extreme stress, emotional injury, and despair.
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

I went to an event in San Francisco last week.

Where will the event be held?
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 3, member 3:
  
  hard beginnings have many times prosperous events […].
- 1707, Semele, by Eccles and Congrieve; scene 8
  
  Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire Event.
- dark doubts between the promise and event
In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

If is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: , , and .
(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  
  Leave we him to his events.
(medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

afterevent
anoxic event
at any event
black swan event
Bond event
certain event
Christ event
combined event
cosmic event horizon
doujin event
energetic event
event derivative
event handler
event loop
event marketing
event tree
event-based
event-based programming
event-driven
event-driven architecture
event-driven programming
event-goer
event-related potential
eventful
evential
eventism
eventless
eventual
extinction event
extinction level event
field event
impossible event
in any event
in the event of
in the event that
it is easy to be wise after the event
life event
mass extinction event
never event
non-event
road event
signalling event
special event
tail event
then and in that event
track event
transient luminous event
Triassic-Jurassic extinction event
whiting event

event horizon
in the event
wise after the event

Translations

occurrence

Albanian: ngjarje (sq) f
Arabic: وَاقِعَة‎ f (wāqiʕa), حَادِثَة‎ f (ḥādiṯa)
Armenian: դեպք (hy) (depkʿ), պատահար (hy) (patahar), դիպված (hy) (dipvac), իրադարձություն (hy) (iradarjutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: vaqiə, hadisə (az), olay (az)
Bashkir: ваҡиға (vaqiğa), хәл (xäl), осраҡ (osraq)
Belarusian: падзе́я (be) f (padzjéja)
Bengali: ঘটনা (bn) (ghôţna)
Bulgarian: съби́тие (bg) n (sǎbítie)
Burmese: စဉ်းဝါး (my) (cany:wa:), အခြင်း (my) (a.hkrang:), အဖြစ်အပျက် (my) (a.hpraca.pyak)
Catalan: esdeveniment (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 事件 (si⁶ gin^6-2), 活動／活动 (wut⁶ dung⁶)

Dungan: сыҗян (sɨži͡an)

Hakka: 事件 (sṳ-khien), 活動／活动 (fa̍t-thung)

Mandarin: 事件 (zh) (shìjiàn), 活動／活动 (zh) (huódòng)

Min Nan: 事件 (zh-min-nan) (sū-kiāⁿ), 活動／活动 (oa̍h-tāng)
Czech: událost (cs) f
Danish: begivenhed c, hændelse c
Dutch: gebeurtenis (nl) f, evenement (nl) n
Esperanto: okazaĵo
Estonian: sündmus, seik
Finnish: tapahtuma (fi), tapaus (fi), ilmiö (fi)
French: événement (fr) m, évènement (fr) m
Galician: evento (gl) m, acontecemento (gl) m, suceso (gl) m
Georgian: მოვლენა (movlena), შემთხვევა (šemtxveva)
German: Ereignis (de) n, Geschehnis (de) n, Vorgang (de) m
Greek: γεγονός (el) n (gegonós), συμβαν n (symvan)
Haitian Creole: evènman
Hebrew: אירוע אֵרוּעַ‎ (he) m (erúa)
Hindi: घटना (hi) f (ghaṭnā), वाक़या m (vāqyā), हादिसा (hi) m (hādisā)
Hungarian: esemény (hu), történés (hu)
Icelandic: atburður (is) m, atvik (is) n
Ido: evento (io), eventajo (io)
Indonesian: kejadian (id)
Italian: evento (it) m, fatto (it) m, accadimento (it) m
Japanese: イベント (ja) (ibento), 出来事 (ja) (できごと, dekigoto), 事件 (ja) (じけん, jiken)
Kazakh: оқиға (kk) (oqiğa)
Khmer: ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ (prɨttekaa), ហេតុការណ៍ (haet kaa)
Korean: 행사(行事) (ko) (haengsa), 이벤트 (ko) (ibenteu), 사건(事件) (ko) (sageon)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: ڕووداو‎ (rûdaw)

Northern Kurdish: bûyer (ku), rûdan (ku)
Kyrgyz: окуя (ky) (okuya)
Ladino: evenimiento
Lao: ເຫດການ (lo) (hēt kān)
Latin: ēventum n, fors f
Latvian: notikums m, gadījums m
Lithuanian: įvykis (lt) m, atsitikimas m, renginys m, atvejis m
Lü: ᦃᦸᧉᦂᦱᧃ (ẋoa²k̇aan)
Macedonian: настан m (nastan), збиднување n (zbidnuvanje)
Malay: peristiwa (ms)
Manx: cruinnaght f
Maori: taiopenga (cultural or social), pureitanga (sports), takunetanga
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: явдал (mn) (javdal), үйл явдал (üjl javdal)
Norwegian: programpost m

Bokmål: hendelse (no) m, begivenhet (no) m or f
Occitan: eveniment (oc) m
Old English: ġelimp n
Pashto: رویداد‎ f (roydā́d), واقعه‎ m (wāqe’á), حادثه‎ (ps) f (hādesá)
Persian: رویداد‎ (fa) (ruydâd), واقعه‎ (fa) (vâqe’e), حادثه‎ (fa) (hâdese), رخداد‎ (fa) (roxdâd)
Polish: wydarzenie (pl) n, impreza (pl) f, przypadek (pl) m, zdarzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: evento (pt)
Romanian: eveniment (ro) n
Russian: собы́тие (ru) n (sobýtije), происше́ствие (ru) m (proisšéstvije), слу́чай (ru) m (slúčaj)
Sanskrit: घटना (sa) f (ghaṭanā)
Scottish Gaelic: tuiteamas m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: зби́ва̄ње n, до̏гађа̄ј m, дешавање n

Roman: zbívānje (sh) n, dȍgađāj (sh) m, dešavanje n
Slovak: udalosť f
Slovene: dogodek (sl) m
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: tšojenje n
Spanish: evento (es) m, suceso (es) m, acontecimiento (es) m
Swahili: kisa (sw), tukio (sw)
Swedish: händelse (sv) c, evenemang (sv) n
Tagalog: pangyayari, balagha, yari
Tajik: рӯйдод (rüydod), воқеа (tg) (voqea), ҳодиса (tg) (hodisa)
Tatar: очрак (tt) (oçraq), вакыйга (tt) (waqıyga)
Thai: เหตุการณ์ (th) (hèet-gaan)
Tocharian B: wäntare
Turkish: olay (tr), hadise (tr), vaka (tr)
Turkmen: waka, hadysa
Ukrainian: поді́я f (podíja), за́хід (uk) f (záxid)
Urdu: گھٹنا‎ f (ghaṭnā), واقعہ‎ m (vāqi’a), حادثہ‎ (ur) m (hādisa)
Uyghur: ۋەقە‎ (weqe), ھادىسە‎ (hadise)
Uzbek: voqea (uz), hodisa (uz)
Vietnamese: sự kiện (vi), sự việc (vi)
Welsh: digwyddiad (cy) m
Yiddish: געשעעניש‎ n (gesheenish)

one of several contests that combine to make up a sports competition

physics: point in spacetime

Armenian: պատահար (hy) (patahar)
Bulgarian: съби́тие (bg) n (sǎbítie)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 事件 (zh) (shìjiàn)
Czech: událost (cs) f
Danish: begivenhed
Finnish: tapahtuma (fi)
French: événement (fr) m, évènement (fr) m
Greek: γεγονός (el) n (gegonós)
Hungarian: esemény (hu)
Italian: evento (it) m
Korean: 사건(事件) (ko) (sageon)
Latin: eventum n
Latvian: notikums m
Macedonian: настан m (nastan)
Occitan: eveniment (oc) m
Polish: zdarzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: evento (pt) m
Russian: собы́тие (ru) n (sobýtije)
Slovene: dogodek (sl) m
Spanish: evento (es)
Swahili: tukio (sw)
Swedish: händelse (sv)
Tagalog: pangyayari

computing: action which triggers an event handler

Chinese:

Mandarin: 事件 (zh) (shìjiàn)
Finnish: tapahtuma (fi)
French: événement (fr) m, évènement (fr) m
German: Ereignis (de) n
Greek: συμβαν n (symvan)
Hebrew: אירוע‎ (he) m (erú`a)
Icelandic: atburður (is) m, atvik (is) n
Italian: evento (it) m
Japanese: イベント (ja) (ibento)
Latin: eventum n
Macedonian: настан m (nastan)
Occitan: eveniment (oc) m
Persian: رویداد‎ (fa) (ruydâd)
Polish: zdarzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: evento (pt) m
Russian: собы́тие (ru) n (sobýtije)
Spanish: evento (es) m
Swahili: kisa (sw), tukio (sw)
Swedish: händelse (sv) c, event (sv) n
Tagalog: pangyayari

probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes

Bengali: ঘটনা (bn) (ghôţna)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 事件 (zh) (shìjiàn)
Czech: jev (cs) m
Danish: hændelse c
Finnish: tapahtuma (fi)
French: événement (fr) m, évènement (fr) m
Georgian: ხდომილება (xdomileba), ხდომილობა (xdomiloba), ალბათური ხდომილება (albaturi xdomileba)
Italian: evento (it) m
Korean: 사건 (ko) (sageon)
Latin: eventum n
Maori: pāpono
Occitan: eveniment (oc) m
Persian: پیشامد‎ (fa) (pišâmad)
Polish: zdarzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: evento (pt) m
Russian: собы́тие (ru) n (sobýtije)
Spanish: evento (es) m
Swedish: händelse (sv) c, utfall (sv) n, fall (sv) n
Tagalog: pangyayari

medicine: an episode of severe health conditions

Verb

event (third-person singular simple present events, present participle eventing, simple past and past participle evented)

(obsolete) To occur, take place.
- 1590, Robert Greene, Greene’s Never Too Late, in The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene, Volume 8, Huff Library, 1881, p. 33,^[1]
  
  […] I will first rehearse you an English Historie acted and evented in my Countrey of England […]

Etymology 2

From French éventer.

Verb

event (third-person singular simple present events, present participle eventing, simple past and past participle evented)

(obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
- c. 1597, Ben Jonson, The Case is Altered, Act V, Scene 8, in C. H. Herford and Percy Simpson (editors), Ben Jonson, Volume 3, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927, p. 178,^[2]
  
  ô that thou sawst my heart, or didst behold
  
  The place from whence that scalding sigh evented.
- 1615, William Barclay, Callirhoe; commonly called The Well of Spa or The Nymph of Aberdene, Aberdeen, 1799, p. 12,^[3]
  
  This is the reason why this water hath no such force when it is carried, as it hath at the spring it self: because the vertue of it consisteth in a spiritual and occulte qualitie, which eventeth and vanisheth by the carriage.
(obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.
- 1559, attributed to William Baldwin, “How the Lorde Clyfford for his straunge and abhominable cruelty came to as straunge and sodayne a death” in The Mirror for Magistrates, Part III, edited by Joseph Haslewood, London: Lackington, Allen & Co., 1815, Volume 2, p. 198,^[4]
  
  For as I would my gorget have undon
  
  To event the heat that had mee nigh undone,
  
  An headles arrow strake mee through the throte,
  
  Where through my soule forsooke his fylthy cote.
- 1598, George Chapman, The Third Sestiad, Hero and Leander (completion of the poem begun by Christopher Marlowe),^[5]
  
  […] as Phœbus throws
  
  His beams abroad, though he in clouds be clos’d,
  
  Still glancing by them till he find oppos’d
  
  A loose and rorid vapour that is fit
  
  T’ event his searching beams, and useth it
  
  To form a tender twenty-colour’d eye,
  
  Cast in a circle round about the sky […]

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English event, from Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛˈvɛnt/

Noun

event

An event, a prearranged social activity (function, etc.).

Det var et stort event i Stockholmsmessen idag.

There was a big event in the Stockholm fair today.

Declension

Declension of event
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	event	eventet	event	eventen
Genitive	events	eventets	events	eventens

begivenhed

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English event, from Middle French event, from Latin ēventus, from ēveniō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.vɛnt/
Rhymes: -ivɛnt
Syllabification: e‧vent

Noun

event m inan

event (prearranged social activity)

Hypernym: wydarzenie

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛˈvɛnt/

Noun

event n

An event, a prearranged social activity (function, etc.).

Det var ett stort event i Stockholmsmässan idag.

There was a big event in the Stockholm fair today.

Declension

Declension of event
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	event	eventet	event	eventen
Genitive	events	eventets	events	eventens

evenemang
eventuell

Anagrams

teven, veten

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noun

something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.

the outcome, issue, or result of anything: The venture had no successful event.

something that occurs in a certain place during a particular interval of time.

Physics. in relativity, an occurrence that is sharply localized at a single point in space and instant of time.Compare world point.

Sports. any of the contests in a program made up of one sport or of a number of sports: The broad jump event followed the pole vault.

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Idioms about event

in any event, regardless of what happens; in any case.Also at all events.

in the event of, if there should be: In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors.

in the event that, if it should happen that; in case: In the event that I can’t come back by seven, you can eat without me.

Origin of event

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin ēventus “occurrence, outcome,” equivalent to ēven(īre) “to come out, fall out, occur” + -tus suffix of verbal action

synonym study for event

1. Event, episode, incident, occurrence are terms for a happening. An event is usually an important happening: historical events. An episode is one of a series of happenings in a person’s life or in a narrative: an episode in one’s life. An incident is an event of usually minor importance: an amusing incident in a play. An occurrence is something that happens, often by surprise: His arrival was an unexpected occurrence.

OTHER WORDS FROM event

e·vent·less, adjectivesu·per·e·vent, noun

Words nearby event

even permutation, evens, even so, evensong, even-steven, event, even-tempered, eventful, event horizon, eventide, eventide home

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Words related to event

accident, act, action, affair, appearance, business, case, celebration, ceremony, circumstance, crisis, development, episode, experience, fact, holiday, incident, matter, occasion, situation

How to use event in a sentence

The event under investigation occurred last Friday when the unidentified woman was turned away from Duesseldorf University Hospital because a ransomware attack hampered its ability to operate normally.
“I was the 24-hours-on-call person for major events for two years for him in the role,” Troye said.
On Sunday, he defied state and federal guidelines to hold an indoor event in Nevada at which thousands cheered him, most of them maskless.
Apple also debuted its Apple Watch Series 6 smartwatch, which starts at $400, and the Apple Watch SE, which starts at $279, during its online event.

He saw the potential for ServiceNow’s suite of software, which included messaging and event tracking, to appeal to a much wider audience.
But how different would things have been 11 years later, when Scalise attended the Duke event?
This event, know as “Turn Around Tuesday,” enraged many of the demonstrators, especially the young SNCC activists.
In fact, Americans had to wait several hours until film of the event reached New York for it to be broadcast.
Over dinner, the Knight had mentioned that Scalise had spoken before the EURO event.
How the hell does somebody show up at a David Duke organized event in 2002 and claim ignorance?
This would in any event have depressed prices of cotton, even under ordinary conditions.
Please advise the surrender as soon as possible in order to give due and solemn publicity to the event.
An estate upon condition is one which depends upon the happening or not happening of some uncertain event.
An estate upon condition is one which depends upon the happening or not happening of some event.
An estate upon condition is one which depends upon the happening of some event.

British Dictionary definitions for event

noun

anything that takes place or happens, esp something important; happening; incident

the actual or final outcome; result (esp in the phrases in the event, after the event)

any one contest in a programme of sporting or other conteststhe high jump is his event

philosophy

an occurrence regarded as a bare instant of space-time as contrasted with an object which fills space and has endurance
an occurrence regarded in isolation from, or contrasted with, human agencyCompare act (def.

in any event or at all events regardless of circumstances; in any case

in the event of in case of; if (such a thing) happensin the event of rain the race will be cancelled

in the event that if it should happen that

verb

to take part or ride (a horse) in eventing

Word Origin for event

C16: from Latin ēventus a happening, from ēvenīre to come forth, happen, from venīre to come

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Other Idioms and Phrases with event

see blessed event; in any case (event); in case (in the event); in the unlikely event.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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act, deed, human action, human activity

something that people do or cause to happen

group action

action taken by a group of people

might-have-been

an event that could have occurred but never did

nonevent

an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected

happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent

an event that happens

social event

an event characteristic of persons forming groups

miracle

a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent

migration

(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

make-up, makeup

an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

zap

a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact

farce

an event or situation that is absurd, empty, or insincere

action

something done (usually as opposed to something said)

acquiring, getting

the act of acquiring something

causation, causing

the act of causing something to happen

delivery, obstetrical delivery

the act of delivering a child

departure, going, going away, leaving

the act of departing

discovery, find, uncovering

the act of discovering something

disposal, disposition

the act or means of getting rid of something

effectuation, implementation

the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect

egress, egression, emergence

the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

equalisation, equalization, leveling

the act of making equal or uniform

digging up, disinterment, exhumation

the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

mitsvah, mitzvah

(Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty

actuation, propulsion

the act of propelling

recovery, retrieval

the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

running away

the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be

touch, touching

the act of putting two things together with no space between them

nonaccomplishment, nonachievement

an act that does not achieve its intended goal

leaning

the act of deviating from a vertical position

motivating, motivation

the act of motivating; providing incentive

assumption

the act of assuming or taking for granted

vote

the opinion of a group as determined by voting

rejection

the act of rejecting something

forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

procession

the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation

derivation

the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin

activity

any specific behavior

hire

the act of hiring something or someone

wear, wearing

the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment

assessment, judgement, judgment

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

production

the act or process of producing something

action, military action

a military engagement

battle, conflict, struggle

an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

revolution

the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

stay

continuing or remaining in a place or state

abidance, residence, residency

the act of dwelling in a place

inactivity

being inactive; being less active

hinderance, hindrance, interference

the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

stop, stoppage

the act of stopping something

group action

action taken by a group of people

social activity

activity considered appropriate on social occasions

communalism

the practice of communal living and common ownership

alliance, confederation

the act of forming an alliance or confederation

decolonisation, decolonization

the action of changing from colonial to independent status

disbandment

the act of disbanding

disestablishment

the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England

distribution

the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

dealing, dealings, transaction

the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

stampede

a headlong rush of people on a common impulse

social control

control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

coup, coup d’etat, putsch, takeover

a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

internationalisation, internationalization

the act of bringing something under international control

nationalisation, nationalization

the action of forming or becoming a nation

exchange, interchange

the act of changing one thing for another thing

exchange, rally

(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

compliance, submission

the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

competition, contention, rivalry

the act of competing as for profit or a prize

resistance

group action in opposition to those in power

nonresistance

group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence

due process, due process of law

(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards

action

an act by a government body or supranational organization

legalisation, legalization, legitimation

the act of making lawful

legitimation

the act of rendering a person legitimate

separation

the social act of separating or parting company

desegregation, integrating, integration

the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

cooperation

joint operation or action

brainstorming

a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions

assemblage, assembly, gathering

the social act of assembling

attendance, attending

the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)

nonattendance

the failure to attend

getting even, paying back, return

a reciprocal group action

democratisation, democratization

the action of making something democratic

engagement, involution, involvement, participation

the act of sharing in the activities of a group

non-engagement, non-involvement, nonparticipation

withdrawing from the activities of a group

permissive waste, waste

(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

ethnic cleansing

the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area

proclamation, promulgation

the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice

socialisation, socialization

the action of establishing on a socialist basis

communicating, communication

the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

show

a social event involving a public performance or entertainment

speech act

the use of language to perform some act

accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant

an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

avalanche

a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things

experience

an event as apprehended

trouble

an event causing distress or pain

treat

an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight

miracle

any amazing or wonderful occurrence

marvel, wonder

something that causes feelings of wonder

thing

an event

episode

a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

contingence, contingency, eventuality

a possible event or occurrence or result

beginning

the event consisting of the start of something

conclusion, ending, finish

event whose occurrence ends something

one-off

a happening that occurs only once and is not repeated

periodic event, recurrent event

an event that recurs at intervals

alteration, change, modification

an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

computer error, error

(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke

anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

fire

the event of something burning (often destructive)

incident

a single distinct event

discharge

the sudden giving off of energy

case, example, instance

an occurrence of something

motion, movement

a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

failure

an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

success

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

appearance

the event of coming into sight

destiny, fate

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

disappearance

the event of passing out of sight

disappearance

ceasing to exist

contact, impinging, striking

the physical coming together of two or more things

finish

designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)

Assumption

(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

Transfiguration, Transfiguration of Jesus

(New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus

collapse

a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

break, interruption

some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

sound

the sudden occurrence of an audible event

union

the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts

news event

a newsworthy event

flash

a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

convergence

the occurrence of two or more things coming together

juncture, occasion

an event that occurs at a critical time

burst, flare-up, outburst

a sudden intense happening

epidemic, eruption, irruption, outbreak

a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion

a vaguely specified social event

competition, contest

an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback

an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall

a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

collapse, crash

a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

supervention

a following on in addition

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event ɪˈvent

событие, важное явление; значительный факт
international events ― международные события

the happy event ― счастливое событие ( рождение ребенка,
свадьба)

seismic event ― сейсмическое явление

quite an event ― целое событие

a train (chain) of events ― цепь событий

the course of human events ― ход развития человечества

in the natural course of events ― при нормальном развитии
событий
случай
in the event of ― в случае (чего-л.)

in the event of his death ― в случае его смерти

at all events ― во всяком случае

in either event ― и в том и другом случае

in any event ― так или иначе, в любом случае

in that event ― в таком случае

in no event ― ни в коем случае
мероприятие (прием, вечер, зрелище и т. п.)
social event ― неофициальная встреча, встреча друзей

formal event ― официальное мероприятие (заседание и т. п.)

musical and theatrical events ― музыкальные и театральные
выступления; концерты и спектакли
спорт. соревнование
combined events ― комбинированные соревнования

jumping event ― соревнование по прыжкам; прыжки на лыжах

throwing event ― соревнование по метанию
спорт. вид спорта
спорт. номер в программе состязания
исход, результат
in the event ― как оказалось

to be unhappy in the event ― в конечном счете потерпеть неудачу
кин. эпизод
тех. такт (двигателя внутреннего сгорания)
физ. ядерное превращение (тж. nuclear event)
ком. распродажа по сниженным ценам
авария или разрушение ядерного реактора (на атомной
электростанции)
физ. событие, (элементарный) акт
to be wise after the event ― поздно догадаться; задним умом
крепок

event horizon ɪˈvent həˈraɪzn

астр.

условный

event tree ɪˈvent tri:

спец.

event tree for pipe failure ― диаграмма последствий разрыва
трубы

eventful ɪˈventful

полный событий; богатый событиями
eventful day ― день, насыщенный событиями; важный день
чреватый важными последствиями

eventide ˈi:vəntaɪd

уст.

eventilation

с-х.

зерна

eventing ɪˈvɛntɪŋ

включая выездку, конный кросс
и скачку с препятствиями

eventless ɪˈventlɪs

eventration

редк. вспарывание брюха (животного)
мед. эвентрация; выпячивание внутренностей

eventual ɪˈventʃuəl

возможный; зависящий от обстоятельств, эвентуальный
eventual losses ― возможные убытки

an eventual surplus is to be divided ― излишек, в случае его
возникновения, подлежит разделу
конечный, окончательный
eventual result ― конечный результат

eventual success ― успешный конец, успешное завершение

what will her eventual choice be? ― что в конце концов она
выберет?

there will come eventual rest ― в конце концов мы обретем покой

blunders leading to eventual disaster ― ошибки, которые в
конечном счете приведут к катастрофе

eventuality ɪˌventjuˈælɪtɪ

возможный случай; возможность
rain is an eventuality to be reckoned with ― надо считаться
с возможностью дождя
случайность, непредвиденное обстоятельство
to be prepared for all eventualities ― быть готовым ко всяким
случайностям

eventually ɪˈventʃəlɪ

he will eventually be the gainer by it ― в конечном счете он
только выиграет от этого

he will do it eventually ― в конце концов он это сделает,
он сделает это рано или поздно

eventuate ɪˈventjueɪt

(in) книж. разрешаться, кончаться (чем-л.); иметь своим
результатом

discussions which eventuated in Acts of Parliament ― прения,
завершившиеся принятием парламентских актов

to eventuate in failure ― кончиться (завершиться) провалом

these plans will soon eventuate ― эти планы вскоре будут
окончательно разработаны
случаться, возникать; являться результатом
the fighting eventuated from a dispute ― спор привел к
вооруженному столкновению
приводить к (определенному) результату

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Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.

George Boole

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EVENT

From Latin ēventus a happening, from ēvenīre to come forth, happen, from venīre to come.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF EVENT

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EVENT

Event is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb event in English.

WHAT DOES EVENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Event

Event may refer to: In science, technology, and mathematics: ▪ Event, a software message indicating that something has happened, such as a keystroke or mouse click ▪ Event, an object in time, or an instantiation of a property in an object ▪ Event, a set of outcomes to which a probability is assigned ▪ Event, a point in space at an instant in time, i.e. a location in spacetime ▪ Event, a type of synchronization mechanism ▪ Event, in Unified Modeling Language, a notable occurrence at a particular point in time ▪ Event, refers to the results just after a fundamental interaction took place between subatomic particles In film, television, theatre, and literature: ▪ The Event, an American conspiracy thriller television series for NBC ▪ The Event, a 2003 film directed by Thom Fitzgerald ▪ Derren Brown: The Events, a Channel 4 television series featuring the illusionist Derren Brown ▪ Event, a literary magazine published by Douglas College…

Definition of event in the English dictionary

The first definition of event in the dictionary is anything that takes place or happens, esp something important; happening; incident. Other definition of event is the actual or final outcome; result. Event is also any one contest in a programme of sporting or other contests.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EVENT

PRESENT

Present

I event

you event

he/she/it events

we event

you event

they event

Present continuous

I am eventing

you are eventing

he/she/it is eventing

we are eventing

you are eventing

they are eventing

Present perfect

I have evented

you have evented

he/she/it has evented

we have evented

you have evented

they have evented

Present perfect continuous

I have been eventing

you have been eventing

he/she/it has been eventing

we have been eventing

you have been eventing

they have been eventing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I evented

you evented

he/she/it evented

we evented

you evented

they evented

Past continuous

I was eventing

you were eventing

he/she/it was eventing

we were eventing

you were eventing

they were eventing

Past perfect

I had evented

you had evented

he/she/it had evented

we had evented

you had evented

they had evented

Past perfect continuous

I had been eventing

you had been eventing

he/she/it had been eventing

we had been eventing

you had been eventing

they had been eventing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will event

you will event

he/she/it will event

we will event

you will event

they will event

Future continuous

I will be eventing

you will be eventing

he/she/it will be eventing

we will be eventing

you will be eventing

they will be eventing

Future perfect

I will have evented

you will have evented

he/she/it will have evented

we will have evented

you will have evented

they will have evented

Future perfect continuous

I will have been eventing

you will have been eventing

he/she/it will have been eventing

we will have been eventing

you will have been eventing

they will have been eventing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would event

you would event

he/she/it would event

we would event

you would event

they would event

Conditional continuous

I would be eventing

you would be eventing

he/she/it would be eventing

we would be eventing

you would be eventing

they would be eventing

Conditional perfect

I would have event

you would have event

he/she/it would have event

we would have event

you would have event

they would have event

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been eventing

you would have been eventing

he/she/it would have been eventing

we would have been eventing

you would have been eventing

they would have been eventing

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you event
we let´s event
you event

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Present Participle

eventing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EVENT

Synonyms and antonyms of event in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «EVENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «event» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «event» into 25 languages

TRANSLATION OF EVENT

Find out the translation of event to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of event from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «event» in English.

Translator English — Chinese

事件

1,325 millions of speakers

English

event

510 millions of speakers

Translator English — Hindi

घटना

380 millions of speakers

Translator English — Arabic

حَدَث

280 millions of speakers

Translator English — Russian

событие

278 millions of speakers

Translator English — Portuguese

evento

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali

ঘটনা

260 millions of speakers

Translator English — French

événement

220 millions of speakers

Translator English — Malay

Acara

190 millions of speakers

Translator English — German

Veranstaltung

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese

出来事

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean

사건

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese

Acara

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese

sự kiện

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil

நிகழ்வு

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi

कार्यक्रम

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish

olay

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian

evento

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish

zdarzenie

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian

подія

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian

eveniment

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek

συμβάν

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans

gebeurtenis

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish

evenemang

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian

hendelse

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of event

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EVENT»

The term «event» is very widely used and occupies the 1.092 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

Trends

FREQUENCY

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Principal search tendencies and common uses of event

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EVENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «event» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «event» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about event

10 QUOTES WITH «EVENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word event.

I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn’t taken place, I cannot judge that.

Open-mindedness is considered to be a virtue. But, strictly speaking, it cannot occur. A new experience must be redacted into old categories. We cannot handle each event freshly in its own right. If we did so, of what use would past experience be?

In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.

The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity.

Sochi started with the same problem as every Winter Olympics. Forget the crass commercialism, the fake amateurism, NBC’s refusal to televise important events live to all its viewers. As an event, the Winter Games fail on the most basic level. They’re lousy to watch.

In teaching, I wanted to offer a general pharmacology course based on chemical principles, biochemical classification and mathematical modelling. In the event I achieved neither of my ambitions.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Until 1869, when they were banned, debtors’ prisons were the great incinerators of British reputations. Those who were unable to pay their bills were jailed until their creditors were paid — an unlikely event, given that the prisoner was unable to work.

My to-do list is so long that it doesn’t have an end; it has an event horizon.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EVENT»

Discover the use of event in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to event and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Event Studies: Theory, Research and Policy for Planned Events

Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned events.

Modeling in Event-B: System and Software Engineering

A practical introduction to this model-based formal method, containing a broad range of illustrative examples.

Jean-Raymond Abrial, 2010

This book lays out how the event is to be understood and ties it closely to looking, showing, self-manifestation, and the self-unveiling of the gods.

Event-related Potentials: A Methods Handbook

The first comprehensive handbook to detail ERP methodology, covering experimental design, data analysis, and special applications.

Event Management in Sport, Recreation and Tourism: …

Focusing on the role of the event manager and their diverse responsibilities through each phase of the event planning process, this is still the only textbook to define the concept of knowledge in the context of events management, placing …

Cheryl Mallen, Lorne Adams, 2013

Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications

Collecting the work of the foremost scientists in the field, Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications presents the state of the art in modeling discrete-event systems using the discrete-event system specification …

Gabriel A. Wainer, Pieter J. Mosterman, 2010

The Event Marketing Handbook: Beyond Logistics and Planning

In The Event Marketing Handbook, industry expert Allison Saget shows marketing professionals how to maximize return on investment for the dollars their companies spend on events.

Semblance and Event: Activist Philosophy and the Occurrent Arts

In Semblance and Event, Brian Massumi, drawing on the work of William James, Alfred North Whitehead, Gilles Deleuze, and others, develops the concept of «semblance» as a way to approach this question.

What she finds precipitates a federal crisis. The details of this story are fictional, but they are based on a scrupulously thorough inquiry into the history of biological weapons and their use by civilian and military terrorists.

Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies

Checklist heaven! We all love our checklists, and this book is full of them!» —Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EVENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term event is used in the context of the following news items.

California drought: El Niño weather event is biggest since 1997, may …

As Pacific Ocean temperatures continue to warm and trade winds shift, federal scientists now say that the El Niño weather event that’s emerging … «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»

WSOP Main Event Day 2AB Recap: Anand leads, Summer of …

Record-setting Day 1C results in 6,420-player main event field. 1dLance … WSOP Main Event Day 1B recap: Danzer thrives, Rio floods. 2dPaul … «ESPN, Jul 15»

Venue change for Donald Trump’s Saturday event in Phoenix …

A spokesperson for the 2016 presidential candidate confirmed to ABC15 that the Saturday event has been moved from the Arizona Biltmore … «ABC15 Arizona, Jul 15»

George W. Bush charged $100K for speech at wounded veterans …

George W. Bush charged $100K for speech at wounded veterans event. By Mark Hensch. 164 Comments. Getty Images. Former President … «The Hill, Jul 15»

Flint’s Perani Arena renamed Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center

Mayor Dayne Walling, center, applauds as Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center is announced as the new name for Perani Arena Thursday, … «MLive.com, Jul 15»

Event Organizers Announce Entertainment Lineup for Great Reno …

RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com)—Today, The Great Reno Balloon Race (GRBR) announced its full slate of 2015 attractions during a special preview event … «KRNV My News 4, Jul 15»

Biden attends event celebrating same-sex marriage in NYC — US News

Biden spoke at an event Thursday night in Manhattan. He praised the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that same-sex couples have a right to … «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»

Cesaro, John Cena, ‘Tough Enough’ and More from the Main Event …

If there was really that much demand for Cesaro to be in the main event, he’d be there. Cream rises to the top. I talked about this on the … «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

1,000-foot slip and slide event postponed | Local News | Tri …

The Slide the City event that was planned for July 25 in Richland has been postponed until sometime in August, said a Richland news release. «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Jul 15»

Massachusetts man leads WSOP’s Main Event | Las Vegas Review …

Mike Matusow competes during Day 2A of the World Series of Poker event at the Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas Wednesday, July 8, … «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»

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Meaning Event

What does Event mean? Here you find 95 meanings of the word Event. You can also add a definition of Event yourself

1	0 0 A set of outcomes. Cardiovascular events might include a heart attack and gastrointestinal events a GI bleed. The use of the term «event» in medicine comes from probability theory.

2	0 0 Event In pharmacology, an unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug.

3	0 0 Event Any significant occurrence in the system or an application that triggers a notification. In Microsoft Dynamics CRM, an event is typically a system or user action that is detected and acted upon by th [..]

4	0 0 Event An appearance of seismic data as a diffraction, reflection, refraction or other similar feature produced by an arrival of seismic energy. An event can be a single wiggle within a trace, or a consisten [..]

5	0 0 Event A planned, non-emergency activity. ICS can be used as the management system for a wide range of events, e.g., parades, concerts or sporting events.

6	0 0 Event Something that happens at a specific place and/or time

7	0 0 Event An event is one or more outcomes of an experiment.

8	0 0 Event An action that causes something to happen.

9	0 0 Event An event is an observable occurrence in a system or network.

10	0 0 Event Any outcome or specified set of outcomes of a random variable.

11	0 0 Event An occurrence that may or may not become a claim. Some claims-made coverages allow for reporting of events.

12	0 0 Event 1570s, «the consequence of anything» (as in in the event that); 1580s, «that which happens;» from Middle French event, from Latin eventus «occurrence, accident, event, fortune [..]

13	0 0 Event one outcome in a probability experiment. • a subset of the sample space of the experiment. • Each event is denoted by a capital letter, e.g. A, B, C, …

14	0 0 Event Event management (as well as log management and fault management) tools are used to collect, report and help with diagnosis of problems (faults) identified in the environment. This segment also includ [..]

15	0 0 Event An event is a significant occurrence or happening. As applicable to pipeline safety, an event could be an accident, abnormal condition, incident, equipment failure, human failure, or release.

16	0 0 Event In probability, a set of outcomes.

17	0 0 Event A point in time when certain conditions have been fulfilled, such as the start or completion of one or more activities. [D00634]

18	0 0 Event Network message indicating operational irregularities in physical elements of a network or a response to the occurrence of a significant task, typically the completion of a request for information. See also alarm and traps.

19	0 0 Event something that happens at a given place and time a special set of circumstances; &quot;in that event, the first possibility is excluded&quot;; &quot;it may rain in which case t [..]

20	0 0 Event Something that happens to or with a person

21	0 0 Event An event is a subset of outcome space. An event determined by a random variable is an event of the form A=(X is in A). When the random variable X is observed, that determines whether or not A occurs: [..]

22	0 0 Event something that happens

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An occurrence or happening, usually significant to the performance of a function, operation, or task. 2. In Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN), an instantaneous occurrence that changes at least one of the attributes of the global status of a managed object. Note: An event (a) may be persistent or temporary, thus allowing for functions, suc [..]

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Internet Glossary An action or occurrence detected by a program. Events can be user actions, such as clicking a mouse button or pressing a key, or system occurrences, such as running out of memory. Most modern applications, particularly those that run in Macintosh and Windows environments, are said to be event-driven, because they are designed to r [..]

25	0 0 Event A notice emitted onto an event bus. Events are often driven by requests for actions to occur on a minion or master and the results of those actions. See also: Salt Reactor.

26	0 0 Event This article needs a technical review. How you can help. This article needs an editorial review. How you can help. Events are things generated by DOM elements and can be handled by a Javascript code. [..]

27	0 0 Event In probability, a set of outcomes.

28	0 0 Event (1) An action or occurrence detected by a program. Events can be user actions, such as clicking a mouse button or pressing a key, or system occurrences, such as running out of memory. Most modern appl [..]

29	0 0 Event 1. The occurence of phenomena with a beginning and end. 2. Probablitity theory.Any nameable thing resulting from a trial of chance.

30	0 0 Event An occurrence, such as a birth, marriage, or death, in a person’s life.

31	0 0 Event geshenish

32	0 0 Event An occurrence involving a process that is caused by equipment performance or human action or by an occurrence external to the process.

33	0 0 Event 1 : something that happens : occurrence 2 : the issue or outcome of a legal action or proceeding as finally determined

34	0 0 Event (n) — the name used to describe the occurrence of a change in the environment

35	0 0 Event An arranged occasion, examples include meeting, convention, exhibition, conference, special event, gala dinner, etc. All of which can be professionally organised by The Conference People

36	0 0 Event Organized function, such as a conference, congress, tradeshow, gala dinner, meeting, incentive, etc., which can involve different yet related activities. See Function.

37	0 0 Event the consequence of an action; the conclusion; the upshot.

38	0 0 Event Examples: a scheduled nonemergency activity (e.g., sporting event, concert, parade, training exercise, large convention, fair, large gathering, etc.). (Source: Introduction to the Incident Command Sys [..]

39	0 0 Event What occurs when two particles collide or a single particle decays. Particle theories predict the probabilities of various possible events occurring when many similar collisions or decays are studied. [..]

40	0 0 Event An occurrence of social or personal importance. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate

41	0 0 Event I wrote an essay on JDK 1.0.2 events. for the Java Developer’s Journal. I wrote a similar essay on JDK 1.1+ events . The essays track the life cycle of an event from creation to cremation. Have a lo [..]

42	0 0 Event State that triggers further actions. The user causes or delivers input for these actions by pressing certain keys, clicking or positioning the mouse pointer over a certain area.

43	0 0 Event Any logged or recorded action that has a specific date and time assigned to it by either the browser or server.

44	0 0 Event Any network incident that prompts some kind of log entry or other notification.

45	0 0 Event (n) something that happens at a given place and time(n) a special set of circumstances(n) a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity th [..]

46	0 0 Event

47	0 0 Event — In the digital world an event is any information acquired or produced by the digital control system.

48	0 0 Event A notification by a program or operating system that «something has happened.» An event may be fired (or raised) in response to the occurrence of a pre-defined action (e.g., a window getting [..]

49	0 0 Event Used in two different senses: (1) learning event and (2) system event.

50	0 0 Event An action or the result of an action. Events are often logged and monitored for security purposes.

51	0 0 Event Facebook events can be created by a page or profile, and are used for parties, business events, planned chats, etc.

52	0 0 Event any logged or recorded action that has a date and time assigned to it by either the browser or server. Examples include a click, a mouseover, a video play, a key press, and many others. Events can be [..]

53	0 0 Event Any accident, incident, or planned occurance that affects transportation system performance. A primary role of Transportation Management Centers is to expediciously resolve events.

54	0 0 Event See “Alarm Event.”

55	0 0 Event A planned, non-emergency activity. ICS can be used as the management system for a wide range of events, e.g., parades, concerts, or sporting events.

56	0 0 Event Includes both planned and unplanned events run by, or on behalf of, a New Zealand government agency.

57	0 0 Event A transaction that occurs within your organization, such as hiring or terminating an employee.

58	0 0 Event A structured activity testing the conformation, training, or instinctive abilities of purebred dogs.

59	0 0 Event A single event or a series of events which have the same cause.

60	0 0 Event

61	0 0 Event An occurrence meeting specified conditions, e.g. damage, a threshold wave height or a threshold water level.

62	0 0 Event What precipitates a play. For example, Big Daddy’s birthday is the event in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

63	0 0 Event The 64 matches involving the 32 qualified national teams who will compete for the FIFA World Cup Trophy at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

64	0 0 Event Those occurrences, including social, psychological, and environmental, which require an adjustment or effect a change in an individual’s pattern of living.

65	0 0 Event A structured activity testing the conformation, training, or instinctive abilities of purebred dogs.

66	0 0 Event An incident or situation, which occurs in a particular place during a particular interval of time.

67	0 0 Event An event is an action launched by an external hardware device and manipulated by software code. Events allow objects to notify client objects about important activities. Events provide tremendous flex [..]

68	0 0 Event An event in MLS may be any one of the following types:

69	0 0 Event An event is the insertion of a particular transgene into a specific location on a chromosome. The term «event» is often used to differentiate genetically engineered crop varieties.

70	0 0 Event «Event» means a boxing, mixed martial arts or entertainment wrestling match, contest, exhibition or performance.

71	0 0 Event Events are generated in ftrack when entities are changed or certain actions are performed. See also Events

72	0 0 Event An object broadcast to zero or more subscriber callables during normal Pyramid system operations during the lifetime of an application. Application code can subscribe to these events by using the subs [..]

73	0 0 Event Any observable occurrence in a system and/or network. Events sometimes provide indication that an incident is occurring.

74	0 0 Event An event is an action (such as clicking the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard) that a program detects and uses as input. Event

75	0 0 Event Events are used in modeling discrete transitions in a systems state caused by its internal time dependence. Generally each system which undergoes such transitions schedule events for itself, and onl [..]

76	0 0 Event "Some occurrance that may cause the state

77	0 0 Event is a change in the state of an object at a particular instant of time.

78	0 0 Event Anything that happens or is regarded as happening.

79	0 0 Event An item created in the Events module, which has a defined start and end time and/or a recurrence pattern. related: calendar, events

80	0 0 Event A contest of one or more sessions in duplicate bridge played to determine a winner.

81	0 0 Event A contest of one or more sessions in duplicate bridge played to determine a winner.

82	0 0 Event Temporary occasion in a game, for example the recurring wheel of fortune in Goodgame Empire, where players can win items for the game.

83	0 0 Event Events are asynchronous messages sent to clients. They can be triggered by operations (as side effect) or raised (as main purpose of an operation) and are identified by an event code. The origin is identified as ActorNumber.

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One of the card types. Both player’s event cards are shuffled together at the beginning of a duel and 2 are placed in play. They are then cycled every Supply phase. Players can use activated Events during their action phase, while ongoing events are always active while they are in play.

85	0 0 Event A method to trigger audio in game using an action or series of actions, such as play, mute, and pause, that have been applied to one or more Wwise objects.

86	0 0 Event When an apnea or hypopnea happens, it is called an "event."

87	0 0 Event Any subset of outcomes drawn from a sample is called an event. Those subsets containing a single outcome are called simple events. In rolling a die, there are six simple events: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

88	0 0 Event Any observable occurrence in a network or system.

89	0 0 Event Any formal activity that involves the dissemination or exchange of trade, business, professional, or technical information with employees or peers

90	0 0 Event A point in spacetime; that is, a location in space at a specific moment of time. Alternatively, something that happens at a point in spacetime, for example, the explosion of a firecracker.

91	0 0 Event occurrence happening that attracts tourists.

92	0 0 Event An event is any significant occurrence in a system or application that requires users to be notified or an entry to be added to a log file.

93	0 0 Event A single instructional or assessment activity within the curriculum, such as a lecture, lab, tutorial, exam, etc. «Events» might commonly be referred to as course or clerkship sessions

94	0 0 Event Another term for a race, tournament, match or any betting contest.

95	0 0 Event A trigger or stimulus that takes place in a systems environment that leads to a system reponse, such as a functional behavior or a change in state.

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Princeton’s WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

eventnoun

something that happens at a given place and time
event, casenoun

a special set of circumstances

«in that event, the first possibility is excluded»; «it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled»
eventnoun

a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshotnoun

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

«the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise»; «his decision had depressing consequences for business»; «he acted very wise after the event»

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

eventnoun

An occurrence; something that happens.
eventnoun

An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
eventnoun

A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate
eventnoun

A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
eventnoun

A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
Etymology: From eventus, from evenio, from e, short form of ex, + venio; see venture, and compare advent, convent, invent, etc., convene, evene, etc.

Samuel Johnson’s DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

EVENTnoun

Etymology: eventus, Latin.

1. An incident; any thing that happens, good or bad.

There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked.
Eccl.

Oh heavy times, begetting such events!
William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

2. The consequence of an action; the conclusion; the upshot.

Two spears from Meleager’s hand were sent,
With equal force, but various in th’ event;
The first was fixt in earth, the second stood
On the boar’s bristled back, and deeply drank his blood.
Dry.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

Eventnoun

that which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad
Eventnoun

an affair in hand; business; enterprise
Eventnoun

the consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates
Eventverb

to break forth
Etymology: [F. venter to fan, divulge, LL. eventare to fan, fr., L. e out + ventus wind.]

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Event

In philosophy, events are objects in time or instantiations of properties in objects. However, a definite definition has not been reached, as multiple theories exist concerning events.

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Event

e-vent′, n. that which happens: the result: any incident or occurrence: an item in a programme or series of sports.—adjs. Event′ful, full of events: momentous; Event′ūal, happening as a consequence: final.—n. Eventūal′ity, a contingency: (phren.) the propensity to take notice of events, changes, or facts.—adv. Event′ūally, finally: at length. [L. eventus—evenĭre—e, out, venīre, to come.]

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event

A form of social gathering.

There was an annual family event to celebrate family unity.

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Rank popularity for the word ‘event’ in Written Corpus Frequency: #2097
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The numerical value of event in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
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The numerical value of event in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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Dan Corso:

They( NFL) want to see how your community is going to embrace the event, you have to show that in your video treatments, your material, whatever you are going to submit.
Susan Scott:

About 900 million years ago, this black hole ate a very dense star, known as a neutron star, like Pac-man — possibly snuffing out the star instantly, the ANU SkyMapper Telescope responded to the detection alert and scanned the entire likely region of space where the event occurred, but we’ve not found any visual confirmation.
The Times:

How toxic does Biden have to be for Stacey Abrams to be like ‘ah sorry I have other plans’ for an event about her *signature issue.*.
Manny Ribeiro:

This event would not have come together without Mr. Kraft.
Laver Cup:

We needed to make a decision now on our event, we know our passionate fans will be disappointed that they have to wait an extra year for the Laver Cup in Boston, but this is the responsible course of action, necessitated by the emerging calendar conflicts.

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واقعة, حادثةArabic
vaqiə, hadisəAzerbaijani
ваҡиға, хәл, осраҡBashkir
падзеяBelarusian
събитиеBulgarian
ঘটনাBengali
jev, událostCzech
digwyddiadWelsh
hændelse, begivenhedDanish
EreignisGerman
γεγονόςGreek
okazaĵoEsperanto
acontecimiento, evento, sucesoSpanish
seik, sündmusEstonian
حادثه, پیشامد, رخداد, رویداد, واقعهPersian
tapahtuma, tapausFinnish
événement, un événementFrench
tuiteamasScottish Gaelic
cruinnaghtManx
אירועHebrew
घटनाHindi
eseményHungarian
դեպք, պատահար, դիպվածArmenian
atburður, atvikIcelandic
evento, fatto, accadimentoItalian
出来事, イベントJapanese
მოვლენაGeorgian
оқиғаKazakh
ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍, ហេតុការណ៍Khmer
행사, 行事, 이벤트Korean
eventum, forsLatin
atsitikimas, renginys, įvykis, atvejisLithuanian
gadījums, notikumsLatvian
pureitanga, takunetanga, taiopengaMāori
збиднување, настанMacedonian
gebeurtenis, evenementDutch
hendelse, programpost, begivenhetNorwegian
przypadek, zdarzenie, wydarzenie, imprezaPolish
eventoPortuguese
evenimentRomanian
случай, событие, происшествиеRussian
dešavanje, догађај, дешавање, zbivanje, događaj, збивањеSerbo-Croatian
udalosťSlovak
dogodekSlovene
händelse, evenemangSwedish
kisa, tukioSwahili
நிகழ்வுTamil
เหตุการณ์Thai
olay, hadise, vakaTurkish
очракTatar
подіяUkrainian
گھٹناUrdu
sự việc, sự kiệnVietnamese
事Chinese

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