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1. Something that happens at a given place and time
    
2. A special set of circumstances
   "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"
   - case
    
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
   "he acted very wise after the event"
   - consequence, effect, outcome, result, issue, upshot

Derived forms: events

See also: eventuate

Type of: circumstance, phenomenon, physical phenomenon, psychological feature

Encyclopedia: Event