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event::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
| Type of | phenomenon |
| Has types | reverberation, side effect, dent, spillover, wake, domino effect, wallop, fallout, aftermath, backwash, harvest, bandwagon effect, branch, impact, influence, knock-on effect, brisance, butterfly effect, materialisation, materialization, by-product, byproduct, change, outgrowth, placebo effect, position effect, product, repercussion, response, offshoot, offspring, coattails effect, coriolis effect, aftereffect, offset |
| Derivation | eventuate |
he acted very wise after the event.
event::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | physical phenomenon |
event::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | psychological feature |
| Has types | occurrence, deed, group action, happening, human action, human activity, make-up, makeup, might-have-been, migration, miracle, natural event, nonevent, act, occurrent, social event, zap |
Examples of events
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It starts every pitcher at 50 points and adds or subtracts based on game events.
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For Papillion, events like the duathlon and triathlon have a multitude of goals.
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Rather, the mayor said he attended the events in his official capacity as mayor.
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Events will take place on open ground between Silver Reef Casino and Kwina Road.
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Some events are cause and effect and some events are simply because they happen.
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No doubt, the policy is evolving rapidly, responding to events and not theories.
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Tickets are relatively inexpensive, especially compared with most sports events.
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Would it be appropriate to split the monetary gift since it combines the events?
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Other species have managed to adapt to cataclysmic events or they have perished.
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- Something that happens at a given place and time
- A special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
- A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
- Consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
- In computing an event is an action that is usually initiated outside the scope of a program and that is handled by a piece of code inside the program. Typically events are handled synchronous with the program flow, that is, the program has one or more dedicated places where events are handled. ...
- An event in particle physics describes one set of particle interactions occurring in a brief span of time, typically recorded together. At modern particle accelerators this refers to the interactions that occur as a result of one beam crossing inside a detector.
- In philosophy, events are objects in time or instantiations of properties in objects. However, a definite definition has not been reached, as multiple theories exist concerning events.
- In probability theory, an event is a set of outcomes (a subset of the sample space) to which a probability is assigned. Typically, when the sample space is finite, any subset of the sample space is an event (i.e. all elements of the power set of the sample space are defined as events). ...
- In physics, and in particular relativity, an event indicates a physical situation or occurrence, located at a specific point in space and time. For example, a glass breaking on the floor is an event; it occurs at a unique place and a unique time, in a given frame of reference.
