transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈvent ]
noun
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin eventus, from evenire to happen, from e- + venire to come — more at come
Date: 1549
1.
a. archaic : outcome
b. : the final outcome or determination of a legal action
c. : a postulated outcome, condition, or eventuality
in the event that I am not there, call the house
2.
a. : something that happens : occurrence
b. : a noteworthy happening
c. : a social occasion or activity
d. : an adverse or damaging medical occurrence
a heart attack or other cardiac event
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
Synonyms: see occurrence
• event·less -ləs adjective
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- at all events
- in any event
- in the event