EVENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does event mean? 

• EVENT (noun)
  The noun EVENT has 4 senses:

1. something that happens at a given place and time

2. a special set of circumstances

3. a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory

4. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

  Familiarity information: EVENT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that happens at a given place and time

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Hypernyms ("event" is a kind of...):

psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "event"):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

zap (a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact)

make-up; makeup (an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event)

migration ((chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule)

miracle (a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent)

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

nonevent (an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected)

might-have-been (an event that could have occurred but never did)

social event (an event characteristic of persons forming groups)

Instance hyponyms:

Fall (the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A special set of circumstances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

case; event

Context example:

it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled

Hypernyms ("event" is a kind of...):

circumstance (a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("event" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

Domain category:

Einstein's theory of relativity; relativity; relativity theory; theory of relativity ((physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot

Context example:

he acted very wise after the event

Hypernyms ("event" is a kind of...):

phenomenon (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "event"):

harvest (the consequence of an effort or activity)

impact; wallop (a forceful consequence; a strong effect)

influence (the effect of one thing (or person) on another)

knock-on effect (a secondary or incidental effect)

branch; offset; offshoot; outgrowth (a natural consequence of development)

product (a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances)

placebo effect (any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs)

position effect ((genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome)

repercussion; reverberation (a remote or indirect consequence of some action)

response (a result)

fallout; side effect (any adverse and unwanted secondary effect)

spillover ((economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure)

domino effect (the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall))

dent (an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening))

Coriolis effect ((physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere)

coattails effect ((politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party)

change (the result of alteration or modification)

by-product; byproduct (a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence)

butterfly effect (the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago)

brisance (the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion)

bandwagon effect (the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity)

aftermath; backwash; wake (the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event))

aftereffect (any result that follows its cause after an interval)

materialisation; materialization; offspring (something that comes into existence as a result)

Derivation:

eventuate (come out in the end)

 Context examples 

He knew not how nor why, yet he got his feel of the oncoming event from the gods themselves.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

This gene is involved in the regulation of signal transduction events.

(ABI2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

There was only one other event in this half-year, out of the daily school-life, that made an impression upon me which still survives.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The invitations were sent, nearly all accepted, and the following Monday was set apart for the grand event.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Or are these thoughts the vain wisdom which comes after the event?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance frequently causing loss or injury.

(Accident, NCI Thesaurus)

A measure of the risk of a certain event happening.

(Absolute risk, NCI Dictionary)

The event description read, We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)

Of the 628 participants who completed the questionnaire, just under one in five (19%) experienced a cardiovascular disease event and a similar number (21%) died during follow up from causes including cancer and heart attack.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)

There’s also a GPM constellation of satellites that provide additional rainfall data to provide a more comprehensive picture of events.

(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)