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- pronunciation:
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vent
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- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
An event is anything that happens. Even a cat climbing up a tree is an event. Most often, though, we use the word event for things that happen that are special or important. Events may be something good or something bad. Things like parties, concerts, festivals, weddings, and games are called events. Things like accidents, earthquakes, and storms are also events.
The newspaper reports on current world events.The earthquake that happened a few years ago was a very sad event.- synonyms:
- affair, incident, occasion, occurrence
- similar words:
- activity, episode, experience, instance
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| definition 2: |
An event is one part of a large sports competition. If there are three events in a riding competition, it means that there are three different types of smaller competitions that make up the whole thing.
Our favorite skater did well in her first event of the competition, but she fell on the ice in her second event. Now she has to perform very well in her third to win.- synonyms:
- contest, feat, game
- similar words:
- competition, race, test, trial
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| related words: |
case, fact, match, matter |
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