Event meaning of the word

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5 Apr 2023
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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)

1. 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.

2. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

   I went to an event in San Francisco last week.

   Where will the event be held?

3. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
4. 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.

5. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
6. (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.
7. (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 .

8. (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.

9. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• event in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “event”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Verb

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

1. (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)

1. (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.

2. (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

1. 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

See also

• eventuel

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

1. event (prearranged social activity)

   Hypernym: wydarzenie

Declension

Further reading

• event in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• event in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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 n

1. 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

types:

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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

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

See also[edit]

• Accident, an accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans.
• Competition, a contest between organisms, animals, individuals, groups, etc.
• Disaster, an event causing significant damage or destruction, loss of life, or change to the environment
• Event chain methodology, in project management
• Eventing, an equestrian event comprising dressage, cross-country and show-jumping
• Eventive (disambiguation)
• Grouped events, in philosophy, the experience of two or more events that occur in sequence or concurrently that can be subsequently categorized
• Event (yacht), a 62.40 m (205 ft) yacht built by Amels Holland B.V.
• News, new information or information on current events
• Phenomenon, any observable occurrence
• Portal:Current events, (Wikipedia portal)
• Sequence of events
• Sustainable event management or event greening
• The Event (disambiguation)

событие, случай, происшествие, результат, исход, такт, ядерное превращение, номер

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Словосочетания

an event back in the last century — событие, которое произошло ещё в прошлом веке  
recoverable truth of a past event — истинный ход прошедшего события, который можно восстановить  
a bigtime event — важное, большое, крупное событие  
a grave and consequential event — событие чрезвычайной важности  
costs to abide the event — издержки по апелляции  
definite event — установленное событие  
an event occurs, takes place — происходит, имеет место событие  
disastrous event — ужасное событие  
dramatic event — драматическое событие  
historical event — историческое событие  
literary event — литературное событие  
major / significant event — важное событие  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Возможные однокоренные слова

eventful  — богатый событиями, полный событий
eventless  — бедный событиями
eventing  — конноспортивное состязание, включая выездку, обработка событий

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): event
мн. ч.(plural): events