Event

Noun

 * 1) An occurrence; something that happens.
 * 2) An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
 * 3) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
 * hard beginnings have many times prosperous events [...].
 * In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
 * 1)  A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

Adjectives for Event
solemn; unbeatable; important; comprehensive; festival; outward; outstanding; sensational; trivial; huge; memorable; extraordinary; tragic; thrilling; embarrassing; disgusting; headline; contemporary; gigantic; strange; sweet; perturbing; crowning; subsequent; tremendous; striking; confused; fortunate; true; fierce; natural; unlooked-for; obscene; preposterous; dignified; sublime; momentous; inescapable; ultimate; startling; dramatic; pivotal; exciting; deplorable; celestial; mysterious fateful; propitious; supreme; remarkable future; sinful; minutest; detectable; stormy dark; hurried; bizarre; unforeseen; stir ring; fortuitous; unexpected; tempestuous miraculous; boding;  melancholy;  overshadowing; succeeding; naked; recurrent; domestic; insignificant; humiliating; hastened; intermediate; calamitous; historical; previous; disastrous; happy; current; impolite; pin-point; dire; dreadful; preventable ; antecedent.

Verbs for Event
acclaim—; applaud—; ascribe—to; attend—; beget—; commend—; detail—; dramatize—; explain—; fashion—; forecast—; foresee—; govern—; interpret—; mark—; narrate—; ponder—; predict—; presage—; rehash—; resume—; rue—; scan—; seize upon—; shape—; stamp—; view—; witness—; —commemorates; —confuses; —evolves; —portends; —represents; —results in; —underlies.

Synonyms for Event
incident, fact, case, outcome, issue, result, consequence, milestone, circumstance, chance, episode, possibility, contingency, occurrence, fortune, sequel, accident, adventure, end, happening.

Antonyms for Event
origin, start, cause, antecedent.

Derived terms

 * blessed event
 * credit event
 * current events
 * doomsday event
 * eventful
 * event horizon


 * eventless
 * eventual
 * in the event
 * K-T extinction event
 * media event
 * quick time event


 * risk event
 * sentinel event
 * social event
 * speciation event
 * to be wise after the event

Thesaurus
accident, achievement, act, action, adventure, affair, aftereffect, aftermath, anyhow, anyway, at any rate, bout, by-product, case, chance, circumstance, come what may, competition, conclusion, condition, conjuncture, consequence, consequent, contest, contingency, corollary, decathlon, deed, delight, derivation, derivative, development, distillate, double-header, doubles, effect, end, end result, episode, eventuality, eventuation, experience, exploit, fact, feat, fortuity, fortune, foursome, fruit, game, games of chance, go, hap, happening, happenstance, harvest, in any case, incident, issue, juncture, landmark, legacy, logical outcome, match, matter of fact, meet, milepost, milestone, occasion, occurrence, offshoot, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, particular, pentathlon, phenomenon, play, play-off, precipitate, product, race, reality, regardless, result, resultant, runoff, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, singles, sport, thing, threesome, treat, turn of events, twosome, upshot

Etymology
From eventus:, from evenio:, from e:, short form of ex:, + venio:; see venture, and compare advent, convent, invent, etc., convene, evene, etc.

Translations

 * Armenian: դեպք, ,
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: sündmus, seik
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: (gegonós)
 * Hebrew: אירוע
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic: ,


 * Latin: eventum, fors
 * Latvian:, gadījums
 * Lithuanian: įvykis, atsitikimas, renginys, atvejis
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: eveniment
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: zbivanje, događaj , dešavanje
 * Slovak: udalosť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: digwyddiad


 * Armenian:
 * Czech: událost (sobýtije)
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: (gegonós)
 * Latin: eventum
 * Latvian:


 * Polish: zdarzenie
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: אירוע
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Latin: eventum
 * Polish: zdarzenie


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,


 * Bengali:
 * Czech:


 * Latin: eventum
 * Polish: zdarzenie


 * : įvykis
 * : സംഭവം