Event Meaning
/ɪˈvɛnt/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn occurrence; something that happens.
nounA prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
Sentence Examples
You make too much of the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
People from diverse cultures were invited to the event.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The annual festival is the biggest ____ in our small town.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city has invested millions of dollars to prepare for the major sporting ____ next year.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"the events of his early years"
— 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
"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."
— 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 67:
"hard beginnings have many times prosperous events […]."
— 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 3, member 3:
"dark doubts between the promise and event"
— 1743, [Edward Young], “Night the Fourth. The Christian Triumph.”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
"Miss Burton, you are an event! Sleepy, old Lymston's going to love you! Bye-bye. Bye."
— 1985, Miss Marple: The Moving Finger, spoken by Mr. Pye (Richard Pearson):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The annual festival is the biggest ____ in our small town.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city has invested millions of dollars to prepare for the major sporting ____ next year.