event
Other forms: events
An event is something that happens, or might happen. In the event that you get stuck in traffic, the wedding will continue. It is too important an event to wait even for someone as important as you.
When something is eventful, many things happen during it. In a detective story, a protagonist can protect himself by mailing an envelope to the police to be opened "in the event of his death." In the novel White Noise, Don DeLillo describes an Airborne Toxic Event, both predicting and mocking the disasters of our time.
Definitions of event
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something that happens at a given place and timeexamples:Fallthe lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Evetypes:group actionaction taken by a group of peoplemight-have-beenan event that could have occurred but never didnoneventan anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expectedsocial eventan event characteristic of persons forming groupsmiraclea marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agentmigration(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a moleculezapa sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impactfarcean event or situation that is absurd, empty, or insincereactionsomething done (usually as opposed to something said)effectuation, implementationthe act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effectdigging up, disinterment, exhumationthe act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buriedrunning awaythe act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to beleaningthe act of deviating from a vertical positionassumptionthe act of assuming or taking for grantedvotethe opinion of a group as determined by votingrejectionthe act of rejecting somethingforfeit, forfeiture, sacrificethe act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.processionthe group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formationderivationthe act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or originactivityany specific behaviorhirethe act of hiring something or someoneproductionthe act or process of producing somethingrevolutionthe overthrow of a government by those who are governedstaycontinuing or remaining in a place or stateinactivitybeing inactive; being less activegroup actionaction taken by a group of peoplesocial activityactivity considered appropriate on social occasionscommunalismthe practice of communal living and common ownershipdisbandmentthe act of disbandingdisestablishmentthe act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of Englanddistributionthe act of distributing or spreading or apportioningdealing, dealings, transactionthe act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)stampedea headlong rush of people on a common impulsesocial controlcontrol exerted (actively or passively) by group actioncoup, coup d'etat, putsch, takeovera sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by forceinternationalisation, internationalizationthe act of bringing something under international controlresistancegroup action in opposition to those in powernonresistancegroup refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violencedue process, due process of law(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguardsactionan act by a government body or supranational organizationlegitimationthe act of rendering a person legitimateseparationthe social act of separating or parting companydesegregation, integrating, integrationthe action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a communitycooperationjoint operation or actionbrainstorminga group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutionsnonattendancethe failure to attendethnic cleansingthe mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that areashowa social event involving a public performance or entertainmentspeech actthe use of language to perform some actaccompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitantan event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with anotheravalanchea sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of thingsexperiencean event as apprehendedtroublean event causing distress or paintreatan occurrence that causes special pleasure or delightmiracleany amazing or wonderful occurrencethingan eventepisodea happening that is distinctive in a series of related eventsbeginningthe event consisting of the start of somethingone-offa happening that occurs only once and is not repeatedalteration, change, modificationan event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to anothercomputer error, error(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computeraccident, chance event, fortuity, strokeanything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent causefirethe event of something burning (often destructive)incidenta single distinct eventdischargethe sudden giving off of energyfailurean event that does not accomplish its intended purposesuccessan event that accomplishes its intended purposeappearancethe event of coming into sightdisappearancethe event of passing out of sightdisappearanceceasing to existfinishdesignated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)Assumption(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had endedTransfiguration, Transfiguration of Jesus(New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesuscollapsea natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving inbreaksome abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activitysoundthe sudden occurrence of an audible eventunionthe occurrence of a uniting of separate partsnews eventa newsworthy eventflasha sudden intense burst of radiant energyconvergencethe occurrence of two or more things coming togetherepidemic, eruption, irruption, outbreaka sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setbackan unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustratingbonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfalla sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)collapse, crasha sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)superventiona following on in additiontype of:psychological featurea feature of the mental life of a living organism
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a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theorytype of:physical phenomenona natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon“he acted very wise after the event”types:aftereffectany result that follows its cause after an intervalbandwagon effectthe phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularitybrisancethe shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosionbutterfly effectthe phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicagochangethe result of alteration or modificationcoattails effect(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political partyCoriolis effect(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemispheredentan appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)domino effectthe consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)harvestthe consequence of an effort or activityinfluencethe effect of one thing (or person) on anotherknock-on effecta secondary or incidental effectproducta consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstancesplacebo effectany effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugsposition effect(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosomeresponsea resultspillover(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditureperturbation(physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightlypurchasea means of exerting influence or gaining advantagewinda tendency or force that influences eventsreactiona response that reveals a person's feelings or attitudeepiphenomenona secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenontype of:phenomenonany state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
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a special set of circumstances“in that event, the first possibility is excluded”synonyms: casetype of:circumstancea condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
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