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 aarchaic : 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 sports4: 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 relativity5: 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