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eventful

[ ih-vent-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. full of events or incidents, especially of a striking character:

    an exciting account of an eventful life.

    Synonyms: unforgettable, memorable, noteworthy

  2. having important issues or results; momentous.


eventful

/ ɪˈvɛntfʊl /

adjective

  1. full of events or incidents

    an eventful day



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Derived Forms

  • eˈventfulness, noun
  • eˈventfully, adverb

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Other Words From

  • e·ventful·ly adverb
  • e·ventful·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eventful1

First recorded in 1590–1600; event + -ful

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Example Sentences

Research assistants were tasked with describing obituaries using just 12 adjectives, such as “secure” and “comfortable” for happiness, “fulfilling” and “sense of purpose” for meaning and “dramatic” and “eventful” for psychological richness.

Very few NBA players had a more eventful 2020-21 season than Bogdan Bogdanović.

The news comes on the heels of an eventful several months for the company.

That makes this story of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang spending a particularly eventful Halloween together the most iconic Halloween special in American TV history, one that has defined many pop culture takes on Halloween.

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Mission planners intend to return the sample to Earth in September 2023, where planetary scientists will bring the full power of terrestrial research machinery to bear as they fill in even more details of Bennu’s eventful past and present.

The last three years, a period of supposed quiet, have been eventful nonetheless.

The Hermès show today was the last on my schedule, the endnote of an eventful week.

I said yes, and that choice led me down the very eventful and colorful path of adult filmmaking.

The others really do have eventful lives, though rarely touching Lawrence's directly.

Many of us remember and will ne'r forget the days from 1865 to 1875, ten eventful years in the history of our Southland.

These letters throw a clear light upon the chief psychological moments of these two eventful years of his life.

He recounted the chief services which they had, during three eventful sessions, rendered to the country.

Nothing particularly eventful had happened since last year, either in his career as professor or musical critic.

There was nothing eventful in our talk as we came down the mountain-side towards Viking—Justine Caron's presence prevented that.

All these friendly murmurs, united and mingled, began to give to the house an eventful appearance.

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