SkyfireDict

event   (TTS Sound)

The noun event has 4 senses

• event -- (something that happens at a given place and time)


• event, case -- (a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled")


• event -- (a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory)


• consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (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")