event

Betekenis

Noun

1. An occurrence; something that happens.
2. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
3. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
4. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
5. A remarkable person.
6. A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
7. 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.
8. A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
9. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
10. An episode of severe health conditions.

Verb

To occur, take place.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
2. (obsolete) To expose to the air, ventilate.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪˈvɛnt/

Etymologie

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.

Zinnen

In the event , Lord Grey withdrew ahead of the day , and the plotters scattered .

In het geval trok Lord Gray zich voor de dag terug en de plotters verspreidden zich.

Together they competed in the mixed team recurve event .

Samen concurreerden ze in het gemengde team recurve -evenement.