Added 7 October 2026
event
/ɪˈvɛnt/ noun
In Latin: ēventum, fors Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about event at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Something that happens at a given place and time.
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A special set of circumstances.
in that event, the first possibility is excluded
- A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.
Origin
From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.
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