n.
1) a disastrous; dramatic; historical; literary; major; outstanding; sensational; significant; social; spectacular; sporting; tragic ~
2) a media ~ (to stage a media ~)
3) a blessed ~ ('a birth')
4) current ~s
5) (sports) field ~s
6) an ~ occurs, takes place
7) in the ~ that + clause (in the ~ that they come)
8) in an ~ (in the ~ of fire; in any ~)
9) ( misc. ) the media sometimes manipulate ~s