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   e·vent

   /əˈvent/

   noun

   • 1. a thing that happens, especially one of importance: "one of the main political events of the late 20th century"
   • ▪ a planned public or social occasion: "events to raise money for charity" Similar occurrencehappeningproceedingepisodeincidentaffaircircumstanceoccasionbusinessmatterexperienceeventualityphenomenonfunctiongatheringget-togetherjamboreeinformal:bashdojollyshindigshindy
   • ▪ each of several particular contests making up a sports competition: "a star sprinter in the 100- and 200-meter events" Similar competitioncontesttournamentroundheatgamematchfixturemeetmeetingencounterraceboutfightplayoffreplayrematchclashplaydownsplitinformal, dated:millarchaic:tourney
   • ▪ a single occurrence of a process, e.g. the ionization of one atom.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (originally in the sense ‘outcome, result’): from Latin eventus, from evenire ‘result, happen’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + venire ‘come’.

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