Event meaning

What does “event” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“event” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: something that happens at a given place and time.

event

something that happens at a given place and time
a special set of circumstances
“in that event, the first possibility is excluded”
“it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled”
Synonymscase
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
“the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise”
“his decision had depressing consequences for business”
Synonymsconsequence effect outcome result issue upshot

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University