Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something that takes place, especially a significant occurrence. synonym: occurrence.
- noun A social gathering or activity.
- noun Sports A contest in a sports competition, such as a meet.
- noun Physics A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in space-time, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.
- noun Archaic A final result; an outcome.
- idiom (at all events) In any case.
- idiom (in any event) In any case.
- idiom (in the event) If it should happen; in case.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To come out; break forth.
- To bring to pass; execute.
- To fan; cool.
- noun That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; especially, an occurrence of some importance; a distinctly marked incident: as, the succession of events.
- noun The consequence of anything; that in which an action, an operation, or a series of operations terminates; the issue; conclusion; end.
- noun In public games and sports, each contest or single proceeding in a program or series: as, the events of the day were a bicycle-race, a footrace, high jumps, etc.; the steeplechase was a spirited event.
- noun A contingent, probable, or possible happening; a coming to pass; in the theory of probabilities, anything which may or may not be; any general state of things considered as having a probability: as, in the event of his death his interest will lapse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To break forth.
- noun That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.
- noun obsolete An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
- noun The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
occurrence ; something that happens. - noun An end
result ; anoutcome (now chiefly in phrases). - noun physics A point in
spacetime having threespatial coordinates and onetemporal coordinate - noun computing A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an
application or theoperating system (eventlistener ). When an event occurs an eventhandler is called which performs a specific task. - noun probability theory A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the
sample space .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
- noun something that happens at a given place and time
- noun a special set of circumstances
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A new event, for every thing was an _event_ to wretches to whom the world was reduced to the narrow space of a few toises, and for whom the winds and waves contended in their fury as they floated above the abyss; an event happened which diverted our minds from the horrors of our situation.
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[2] Dr. Coplestone, now the Bishop of Llandaff, denies that the foreknowledge of an event proves the _event to be necessary_.
On Calvinism William Hull
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Then there is _the_ event, _the great climax event_, the actual coming of the Lord Jesus, out of the heavens, down to the earth.
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A new event, for every thing was an _event_ for wretches for whom the universe was reduced to a flooring of a few toises in extent, who were the sport of the winds and waves, as they hung suspended over the abyss; an event then happened which happily diverted our attention from the horrors of our situation.
Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny 1818
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After six events, a boat's worst European event* and its remaining worst event are excluded.
ISAF News 2009
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Event definition: public event EventHandler Event {add {_event.
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Cymbals clash, and a drum-roll indicates that the main event is merely warming up.
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There are raffles and speeches and such, but the main event is the meal and what you puff between bites.
Tom Johansmeyer: Retro Manhattan: Smoke Cigars and Eat Simultaneously Tom Johansmeyer 2010
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Cymbals clash, and a drum-roll indicates that the main event is merely warming up.
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Among the various religious services held at each cemetery, the main event is a celebration of the Mass, usually at around 5 p.m. on November 2.
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