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*noun
==Definitions==
*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.
==Origin==
1560–70; < L ēventus occurrence, outcome, equiv. to ēven(īre) to occur, come out + -tus suffix of v. [[action]]
==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.
[[Category: General Reference]]
*noun
==Definitions==
*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.
==Origin==
1560–70; < L ēventus occurrence, outcome, equiv. to ēven(īre) to occur, come out + -tus suffix of v. [[action]]
==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.
[[Category: General Reference]]
