event
//ɪˈvɛnt//
Forms
- Plural
- events
Definitions
1.An occurrence; something that happens.
- Experience in Australia indicates that after a devastating weather event, up to one-fifth of people suffer the debilitating effects of extreme stress, emotional injury, and despair.
2.A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
- I went to an event in San Francisco last week.
- Where will the event be held?
3.One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
4.An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
- Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire Event.
- In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #495
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle French event
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”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.