English

Etymology

From Latin ēventus (“‘an event, occurrence’”), from ēveniō (“‘happen, fall out, come out’”), from ē (“‘out of, from’”), short form of ex, + veniō (“‘come’”); see venture, and cf. advent, convent, invent, etc., convene, evene, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈvɛnt/, SAMPA: /I"vEnt/
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Noun

event (plural events)

1. An occurrence of social or personal importance.
2. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate
3. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform and 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.
4. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

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External links

• event in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• event in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911