event
/ɪˈvɛnt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.18 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An occurrence; something that happens.
noun
noun
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
noun
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
noun
A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
noun
A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
noun
A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
Example Sentences
- "In the event of strong wind…"
- "the events of his early years"
- "Experience in Australia indicates that after a devastating weather event, up to one-fifth of people suffer the debilitating effects of extreme stress, emotional injury, and despair."
- "I went to an event in San Francisco last week."
- "Where will the event be held?"
- "hard beginnings have many times prosperous events […]."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʷem-, event, ēventus, éventer
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈvɛnt/
- British English: /ɪˈvɛnt/