event

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. (dated, figuratively, uncommon) 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. (intransitive, obsolete) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈvɛnt/

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

incident

occurrence

happening

occasion

function

affair

matter

case

occurence

opportunity

episode

issue

result

chance

🎲

phenomenon

consequence

outcome

thing

activity

experience

upshot

time

⌚

story

contest

festivities

competition

fact

circumstance

social occasion

example

instance

effect

act

development

tournament

contingency

tale

weird

game

opening

accident

fall

situation

action

social gathering

doings

discipline

deed

day

cause

Translations

événement

Ereignis

evento

evento

gebeurtenis

evento

évènement

acontecimiento

suceso

γεγονός

zdarzenie

olay

Veranstaltung

Vorfall

avvenimento

Sentences

Photos of the event were released to news agencies worldwide .

I'm afraid this event is by invitation only , sir .

Pal became a movie star through a weather-related event .

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

Together they competed in the mixed team recurve event .

Bromley finished sixth in the men's event .