event

Definitions

1. noun

   Something that happens.

   Examples

   • In the event of strong wind, stay inside.
   • He told us about the events of his early years.
   ≈circumstance
2. noun

   A planned social occasion.

   Examples

   • I went to an event in San Francisco last week.
   • Where will the event be held?
3. noun

   One contest in a larger sports competition.

   Examples

   • She won the 100-meter event.
   • He qualified for three events at the championship.
4. noun

   The result of something, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • Hard beginnings often have happy events.
   • We waited to see the event of the plan.
5. noun

   An exciting or very special person, in informal speech.

   Examples

   • Miss Burton, you are an event!
   • Everyone agreed the new hire was quite an event.
   ≈sensation
6. noun

   In physics, a point in space at one moment in time.

   Examples

   • Physicists describe each event with four numbers.
   • Two events can be at the same time in one frame only.
7. noun

   In computers, an action such as a click that a program can notice.

   Examples

   • The button triggers a click event when pressed.
   • The developer wrote code to handle the event.
8. noun

   In math, a group of possible results of a chance test.

   Examples

   • Rolling a six is an event in a dice game.
   • The chance of an event is the sum of its outcomes.
9. noun

   A person's business at the moment, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • Leave him to his events.
   • He went back to look after his events in the city.
10. noun

    A sudden serious health problem.

    Examples

    • He had a heart event last year.
    • Doctors watched her closely after the event.