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event definition
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Grep of noun event blessed event chance event diving event dramatic event event event planner eventide eventration eventuality field event happy event natural event news event nonevent periodic event recurrent event sales event social event spacecraft event time swimming event three-day event track event Overview of noun event The noun event has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (62) event -- (something that happens at a given place and time) 2. (6) event, case -- (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. event -- ((relativity theory) a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory) 4. consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (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") Grep of adj event eventful eventual Overview of noun event The noun event has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (62) event -- (something that happens at a given place and time) 2. (6) event, case -- (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. event -- ((relativity theory) a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory) 4. consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (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")
event definition