Event - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a special set of circumstances (syn: case)
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (syn: consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot)
Extra examples
The article recounted the events of the past year.
The last major event of the summer
He had no memory of the events that happened afterwards.
The accident was caused by an unusual sequence of events.
She likes to arrive at social events early.
It's the only event on the golf tour that she hasn't yet won.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
The event of his enterprise was doubtful.
When she was only thirteen she was eventing with a horse called Foxtrot.
Leaving home was a major event in his life.
Police are trying to reconstruct the sequence of events on the night of the murder.
His resignation triggered a chain of events (=series of events which each cause the next one to happen) that led eventually to the downfall of the government.
Nothing you could have done would have changed the course of events (=the way in which events happened).
The conference was an important social event (=an event at which people can meet each other).
The school raises money by organizing fund-raising events.
Word forms
singular: event
plural: events
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