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Definition of Event
1. Noun. Something that happens at a given place and time.
Specialized synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity, Group Action, Might-have-been, Nonevent, Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent, Social Event, Miracle, Migration, Make-up, Makeup, Zap
Specialized synonyms: Fall
2. Noun. A special set of circumstances. "It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
3. Noun. A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.
Generic synonyms: Physical Phenomenon
4. Noun. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. "He acted very wise after the event"
Generic synonyms: Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Materialisation, Materialization, Offspring, Aftereffect, Aftermath, Backwash, Wake, Bandwagon Effect, Brisance, Butterfly Effect, By-product, Byproduct, Change, Coattails Effect, Coriolis Effect, Dent, Domino Effect, Harvest, Impact, Wallop, Influence, Knock-on Effect, Branch, Offset, Offshoot, Outgrowth, Product, Placebo Effect, Position Effect, Repercussion, Reverberation, Response, Fallout, Side Effect, Spillover
Derivative terms: Consequent, Effect, Effectuate, Eventuate, Result, Result
Definition of Event
1. n. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.
2. v. t. To break forth.
Definition of Event
1. Noun. An occurrence; something that happens. ¹
2. Noun. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases). ¹
3. Noun. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate ¹
4. Noun. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task. ¹
5. Noun. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Event
1. something that occurs [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Event
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