Definitions for event
ɪˈvɛntevent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. eventnoun

   something that happens at a given place and time

2. 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"

3. eventnoun

   a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory

4. 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

1. eventnoun

   An occurrence; something that happens.

2. eventnoun

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

3. eventnoun

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

4. 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.

5. eventnoun

   A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

6. 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

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. event

   An event refers to a specific occurrence or happening, often of significance, that is usually planned or organized such as a social gathering, sports match, meeting, festival, ceremony or celebration. In the context of probabilities and statistics, an event refers to the outcome of a certain experiment or trial. In computing, it describes an action recognized by software, often from a user, like a mouse click.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Eventnoun

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

2. Eventnoun

   an affair in hand; business; enterprise

3. Eventnoun

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

4. Eventverb

   to break forth

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. event

   A form of social gathering.

   There was an annual family event to celebrate family unity.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 7, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Circumstance
   • Physical Phenomenon
   • Relativity Theory

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'event' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #936

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'event' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2097

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'event' in Nouns Frequency: #170

How to pronounce event?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say event in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of event in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of event in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of event in a Sentence

1. Greg Jacobson:

   I'm not worried about the event, that's what I have security for.

2. Ivan Rusyn:

   The reason to continue testing – at least at some intervals after the event – in establishing those trends, part of that is really for communication purposes, to really reassure the residents that you know the level and explain to them where the levels after the disaster were as compared to some sort of a baseline.

3. Crusaders Chief Executive Hamish Riach:

   This will be an amazing opportunity for some of our local players to be involved in such a unique event, there is a real appetite for rugby in the United States at the moment, so I am sure that the game will be well supported.

4. Stephen Jay Gould:

   “If evolution almost always occurs by rapid speciation in small, peripheral isolates, then what should the fossil record look like? We are not likely to detect the event of speciation itself. It happens too fast, in too small a group, isolated too far from the ancestral range ...

5. Ibnu Hadi:

   I ’d like to explain that the bikini( stunt) was only for one event. It was for the airline’s launch of their new route to Nha Trang, which is a resort city so Nha Trang’s why they wore bikinis.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=event
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Event
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=event
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/event
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=event
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=event