event

 
Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɛnt/

noun

  • a thing that happens or takes place, especially one of importance: the momentous political events of the late 1980s
  • a planned public or social occasion: staff have been holding a number of events to raise money for charity
  • each of several particular contests making up a sports competition: he repeated the success in the four-lap, 600 cc event
  • 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, I was not in a position to undertake such a task

in the event

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: he planned to start a business, in the event that he lost his job

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'