Dictionary Definition
event
Noun
1 something that happens at a given place and
time
2 a special set of circumstances; "in that event,
the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the
picnic will be canceled" [syn: case]
3 a phenomenon located at a single point in
space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity
theory
4 a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some
previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod
was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for
business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn: consequence, effect, outcome, result, issue, upshot]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈven̩t/, /I"vEnt/
Noun
- An occurrence of social or personal importance.
- A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate
Derived terms
Translations
occurrence of social or personal importance
point in spacetime (physics)
- Czech: událost (sobýtije)
- Greek: γεγονός (gegonós)
- Russian: событие
- ttbc French: événement , évènement
- ttbc Portuguese: evento
- ttbc Lithuanian: įvykis
- ttbc Malayalam: സംഭവം
Extensive Definition
The word event can have several meanings:
In culture and social life:
- Festival, for example a musical event
- Ceremony, for example a marriage
- Competition, for example a sports competition
- Party, for example a birthday party
- Convention (meeting), for example a gaming convention
In science and mathematics:
- Event horizon, a boundary in spacetime, often referring to black holes
- Event, in a particle collider, a collision producing detectable results
- Event in probability theory
In technology:
- Event-driven programming, in which an event is a software message that indicates something has happened, such as a keystroke or mouse click
- Event chain methodology, in project management
- Event (UML), in Unified Modeling Language
In philosophy:
- Event (philosophy)
- Brain event, anything that happens in the brain
- Mental event, something that happens in the mind, such as a thought
See also
event in Czech: Událost
event in German: Event
event in Spanish: Evento
event in Japanese: 事象
event in Portuguese: Evento
event in Russian: Событие (значения)
event in Simple English: Event
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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