[event] n [MF or L; MF, fr. L eventus, fr. evenire to happen, fr. e- + venire to come--more at come] (1573) 1 a archaic: outcome b: the final outcome or determination of a legal action c: a postulated outcome, condition, or eventuality "in the ~ that I am not there, call the house"
2. a: something that happens: occurrence b: a noteworthy happening c: a social occasion or activity
3: any of the contests in a program of sports
4: the fundamental entity of observed physical reality represented by a point designated by three coordinates of place and one of time in the space-time continuum postulated by the theory of relativity
5: a subset of the possible outcomes of an experiment syn see occurrence -- event.less adj -- at all events : in any case -- in any event : in any case -- in the event Brit: as it turns out