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event

Syllabification: (e·vent)
Pronunciation: /iˈvent/
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Definition of event

noun

  • a thing that happens, especially one of importance:one of the main political events of the late 20th century
  • a planned public or social occasion:events to raise money for charity
  • each of several particular contests making up a sports competition:a star sprinter in the 100- and 200-meter events
  • Physics a single occurrence of a process, e.g., the ionization of one atom.

Phrases

in any event

(or at all events)
whatever happens or may have happened:in any event, there was one promise the trickster did keep

in the event

chiefly British as it turns (or turned) out:he was sent on this important and, in the event, quite fruitless mission

in the event of ——

if —— happens:this will reduce the chance of serious injury in the event of an accident

in the event that

if; should it happen that:in the event that an attack is launched, the defenders will have been significantly weakened by air attacks

in that event

if that happens:in that event, the US would incline toward a lifting of the arms embargo

Derivatives

eventless

adjective

eventlessness

noun

Origin:

late 16th century: from Latin eventus, from evenire 'result, happen', from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + venire 'come'

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