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The definition of event
8 Definitions of: event
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- noun, anything that takes place or happens, esp something important; happening; incident
- noun, the actual or final outcome; result (esp in the phrases in the event, after the event)
- noun, any one contest in a programme of sporting or other contests
- noun, philosophy a) an occurrence regarded as a bare instant of space-time as contrasted with an object which fills space and has endurance b) an occurrence regarded in isolation from, or contrasted with, human agency. Compare act
- noun, in any event or at all events regardless of circumstances; in any case
- noun, in the event of in case of; if (such a thing) happens
- noun, in the event that if it should happen that
- verb, to take part or ride (a horse) in eventing
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| Synonyms: | business, adventure, incident, happening, experience, matter, affair, occasion, proceeding, fact | And more... |
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of event