Event
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English
Noun
Event (plural Events)- An occurrence; something that happens.
- An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
- hard beginnings have many times prosperous events [...].
- In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
- (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate
- (computing) 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.
- (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
Adjectives for Event
solemn; unbeatable; important; comprehensive; festival; outward; outstanding; sensational; trivial; huge; memorable; extraordinary; tragic; thrilling; embarrassing; disgusting; headline; contemporary; gigantic; strange; sweet; perturbing; crowning; subsequent; tremendous; striking; confused; fortunate; true; fierce; natural; unlooked-for; obscene; preposterous; dignified; sublime; momentous; inescapable; ultimate; startling; dramatic; pivotal; exciting; deplorable; celestial; mysterious fateful; propitious; supreme; remarkable future; sinful; minutest; detectable; stormy dark; hurried; bizarre; unforeseen; stir ring; fortuitous; unexpected; tempestuous miraculous; boding; melancholy; overshadowing; succeeding; naked; recurrent; domestic; insignificant; humiliating; hastened; intermediate; calamitous; historical; previous; disastrous; happy; current; impolite; pin-point; dire; dreadful; preventable ; antecedent.
Verbs for Event
acclaim—; applaud—; ascribe—to; attend—; beget—; commend—; detail—; dramatize—; explain—; fashion—; forecast—; foresee—; govern—; interpret—; mark—; narrate—; ponder—; predict—; presage—; rehash—; resume—; rue—; scan—; seize upon—; shape—; stamp—; view—; witness—; —commemorates; —confuses; —evolves; —portends; —represents; —results in; —underlies.
Synonyms for Event
incident, fact, case, outcome, issue, result, consequence, milestone, circumstance, chance, episode, possibility, contingency, occurrence, fortune, sequel, accident, adventure, end, happening.
Antonyms for Event
origin, start, cause, antecedent.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
accident, achievement, act, action, adventure, affair, aftereffect, aftermath, anyhow, anyway, at any rate, bout, by-product, case, chance, circumstance, come what may, competition, conclusion, condition, conjuncture, consequence, consequent, contest, contingency, corollary, decathlon, deed, delight, derivation, derivative, development, distillate, double-header, doubles, effect, end, end result, episode, eventuality, eventuation, experience, exploit, fact, feat, fortuity, fortune, foursome, fruit, game, games of chance, go, hap, happening, happenstance, harvest, in any case, incident, issue, juncture, landmark, legacy, logical outcome, match, matter of fact, meet, milepost, milestone, occasion, occurrence, offshoot, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, particular, pentathlon, phenomenon, play, play-off, precipitate, product, race, reality, regardless, result, resultant, runoff, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, singles, sport, thing, threesome, treat, turn of events, twosome, upshot
Etymology
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”); see venture, and compare advent, convent, invent, etc., convene, evene, etc.
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External links
- Event in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Event in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
