event
pronunciation
How to pronounce event in British English:
UK [ɪˈvent]
How to pronounce event in American English:
US [ɪˈvent]
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- Noun:
- something that happens at a given place and time
- a special set of circumstances
- a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Word Origin
- event (n.)
- 1570s, "the consequence of anything" (as in in the event that); 1580s, "that which happens;" from Middle French event, from Latin eventus "occurrence, accident, event, fortune, fate, lot, issue," from past participle stem of evenire "to come out, happen, result," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + venire "to come" (see venue). Meaning "a contest or single proceeding in a public sport" is from 1865. Events as "the course of events" is attested from 1842. Event horizon in astrophysics is from 1969.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Asia is abuzz over the event .
- 2. Hooker won gold for the event .
- 3. In either event , the world is safe from him .
- 4. In any event , he seems to lack a strategy .
- 5. Unlike in the past , this event was the inverse of an emerging markets financial crisis .