event
(noun)
noun
1. something that happens at a given place and time
Definition categories: general
2. a special set of circumstances
- in that event, the first possibility is excluded
Similar word(s): case
Definition categories: state, circumstance
3. a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
Definition categories: phenomenon
4. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- he acted very wise after the event
Similar word(s): consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot
Definition categories: phenomenon
Sentences with event as a noun:
- In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
- If is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: , , and .