Event
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An event is an occurrence of social or personal importance.
Event can refer to many things such as:
- A phenomenon, any observable occurrence, or an extraordinary occurrence
A type of gathering:
- A ceremony, for example, a marriage
- A competition, for example, a sports competition
- A happening, a performance or situation meant to be considered as art
- A festival, for example, a musical event
- A media event, a happening that attracts coverage by mass media
- A party
- A sporting event
In science, technology, and mathematics:
- Event horizon, a boundary in spacetime, typically surrounding a black hole, beyond which events cannot effect an exterior observer
- Extinction event, a sharp decrease in the number of species in a short period of time
In philosophy:
- Event (philosophy), an object in time, or an instantiation of a property in an object
- Mental event, something that happens in the mind, such as a thought
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Etymology
From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.
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