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e⋅vent

  [i-vent]
–noun
1. something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, esp. one of some importance.
2. the outcome, issue, or result of anything: The venture had no successful event.
3. something that occurs in a certain place during a particular interval of time.
4. Physics. in relativity, an occurrence that is sharply localized at a single point in space and instant of time. Compare world point.
5. Sports. any of the contests in a program made up of one sport or of a number of sports: The broad jump event followed the pole vault.
—Idioms
6. in any event, regardless of what happens; in any case. Also, at all events.
7. in the event of, if there should be: In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors.
8. in the event that, if it should happen that; in case: In the event that I can't come back by seven, you can eat without me.
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Origin:
1560–70; < L ēventus occurrence, outcome, equiv. to ēven(īre) to occur, come out + -tus suffix of v. action

Related forms:
e⋅vent⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. happening, affair, case, circumstance. Event, episode, incident, occurrence are terms for a happening. An event is usually an important happening: historical events. An episode is one of a series of happenings in a person's life or in a narrative: an episode in one's life. An incident is an event of usually minor importance: an amusing incident in a play. An occurrence is something that happens, often by surprise: His arrival was an unexpected occurrence. 2. consequence.
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e·vent   (ĭ-věnt')   
n.  

    1. Something that takes place; an occurrence.

    2. A significant occurrence or happening. See Synonyms at occurrence.

    3. A social gathering or activity.

  2. The final result; the outcome.

  3. Sports A contest or an item in a sports program.

  4. Physics A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in space-time, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.


[Latin ēventus, from past participle of ēvenīre, to happen : ē-, ex-, ex- + venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.]
e·vent'less adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

event 
1573, from M.Fr. event, from L. eventus "occurrence, issue," from evenire "to come out, happen, result," from ex- "out" + venire "to come" (see venue). Eventually "ultimately" first recorded c.1680; eventuality is 1828, originally "the power of observing in phrenology." Eventful is from 1600. Event horizon in astrophysics is from 1969.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: event
Function: noun
1 : something that happens : OCCURRENCE
2 : the issue or outcome of a legal action or proceeding as finally determined
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

event
1. An occurrence or happening of significance to a task or program, such as the completion of an asynchronous input/output operation. A task may wait for an event or any of a set of events or it may (request to) receive asynchronous notification (a signal or interrupt) that the event has occurred.
See also event-driven.
2. A transaction or other activity that affects the records in a file.
(2000-02-09)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

event

see blessed event; in any case (event); in case (in the event); in the unlikely event.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Encyclopedia

event

notion that became of singular importance in the philosophical speculation about relativity physics. The best-known analyses are those of the 20th-century English philosopher Bertrand Russell, for whom event replaced the vaguer notion of body, and the 20th-century English philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, for whom events were formed by a nexus of actual occasions. In general, in both views an event is that which occurs at a given time and place

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