Main Entry: event

Pronunciation: \i-ˈvent\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin eventus, from evenire to happen, from e- + venire to come — more at come

Date: 1549

1 a archaic : outcome b : the final outcome or determination of a legal action c : a postulated outcome, condition, or eventuality <in the event that I am not there, call the house>
2 a : something that happens : occurrence b : a noteworthy happening c : a social occasion or activity d : an adverse or damaging medical occurrence <a heart attack or other cardiac event>
3 : any of the contests in a program of sports
4 : the fundamental entity of observed physical reality represented by a point designated by three coordinates of place and one of time in the space-time continuum postulated by the theory of relativity
5 : a subset of the possible outcomes of an experiment

synonyms see occurrence

— event·less \-ləs\ adjective

— at all events : in any case

— in any event : in any case

— in the event chiefly British : as it turns out