eventn.

Brit.

/ᵻˈvɛnt/, U.S.

/əˈvɛnt/,

/iˈvɛnt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s euent, 1500s–1600s euente, 1500s–1600s evente, 1500s– event; also Scottish pre-1700 euend.

Origin: Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French event; Latin ēventus.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French event outcome, result (late 15th cent.), something that happens or takes place (16th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ēventus outcome, result, fulfilment, successful outcome, occurrence, fate, in post-classical Latin also chance (perhaps 4th cent.) < ēvenīre to come out, happen, result ( < ē- e- prefix² + venīre to come: see Venite n.) + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns.French évent ‘one of the races or competitions which make up a programme of sport’ (1866) is a later reborrowing < English; the now usual French word for ‘event’ is événement événement n. With sense 3b compare French un veritable événement (1812 or earlier). With in the event of at Phrases 6b compare post-classical Latin in eventu (frequently from early 14th cent. in British sources).

I. An outcome and related senses.

1. The outcome of an action or occurrence; a result, a consequence. Cf. in the event at Phrases 2. Now rare.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results

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1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes f. xliij As it is to be thought of the euentes and chaunces in warres [L. Martis euentum], so it is of al other valyaunte and hardye enterpryses.

?1549 J. Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. sig. Aviii We iudge of election, by the euent, or successe, that happenithe in the liffe of man.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 219 Touching the originall, proceeding, and euent of these warres, I..spare to speake muche.

1611 T. Heywood Golden Age i. sig. B^v Causes best friended haue the best euent.

1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times ii. v. 78 His Courtesie in Intention, prov'd a mischief in Event.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 113. ⁋3 A beautiful Creature in a Widow's Habit sat in Court, to hear the Event of a Cause concerning her Dower.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 96 We have surprising accounts..of the recovery of persons, without the least prospect of a favourable event.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xiii. 276 He then took his aim..and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 612 The event of his enterprise was doubtful.

1945 W. L. Sperry Relig. in Amer. (1946) xi. 222 Our naïve trust that we may spread the blessings of our kind of democracy over Europe probably bears little relation to what will be the ultimate event.

†2. The fate of a person or thing; what befalls a person or thing. Obsolete.

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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > personal destiny or one's lot

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1577 J. Bishop Beautifull Blossomes f. 58^v The Caspians starued him that liued past 70. yeares, and casting him away into a desart would stand a farre off and watch his euent.

1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 143 A ship in midst of tempest left..Full sad and dreadfull is that ships event.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. ix. 2 There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not.

1641 W. S. in More's Hist. Edward V (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v The miserable and wretched end and event of the other.

1693 J. Owen Two Disc. Holy Spirit 129 They differ as unto the Event even in this World they may come unto.

II. An occurrence and related senses.

a. Something that happens or takes place, esp. something significant or noteworthy; an incident, an occurrence.

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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event

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1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. B.vii^v Vndoubtedly doubtfull were the heartes of the people, and merueylouslye bent to fauour Wyat and his purpose, as by daylye euentes appeared.

1564 P. Moore Hope of Health f. xlv A wounde, pricke, brouse, or some soche like outwarde euente, whiche doe deminishe healthe, and cause some sickenesse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (1623) v. iii. 203 To Order well the State, That like Euents, may ne're it Ruinate.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 140 The dangerous euents in darke and tempestuous nights, which happen there [i.e. in this sea].

1650 O. Cromwell Let. 12 Sept. in Perfect Diurnall 23 Sept. 479 And ought not you and we to think with feare and trembling of the hand of the great God in this mighty and strange apearance of his? but can slightly call it an event.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. ii This observation forms..a Presumption..that such Event has or will come to pass.

1770 J. Armstrong Forced Marriage v. viii. 115 Go, Compose the body privately; and let No whisper of this sad event steal out.

1803 T. Campbell Poems 4 Coming events cast their shadows before.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 209 Her affection, awakened by the events of the morning.

1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. ii. 86 An utter change in the political events which came after..would have been the result.

1920 R. A. Freeman Savant's Vendetta iii. 37 I reflected on the future to which recent events had committed me.

1940 Geogr. Rev. 30 147 The sequence and interrelationship of volcano-seismic events throughout the islands of the Lesser Antilles is indisputable.

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Mar. 279/5 The event that precipitated the 1905 revolution was the massacre by government officials of unarmed workers assembled in St Petersburg.

2016 New Scientist 18 June 38/1 Extreme stress can also blur people's memory of an event.

b. colloquial. In predicative use: a particularly noteworthy or significant occurrence.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > other

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1794 E. Gunning Lord Fitzhenry I. 83 The arrival of Lord Uxington's family in that country, from whence they had been absent so many years, was quite an event.

1823 J. H. Payne Clari i. ii. 12 A dinner's quite an event to these fellows.

1863 Sat. Rev. 4 July 13/2 These annual meetings are always an event at Paris.

1883 I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 84/2 The first sight of a real mangrove swamp is an event.

1916 H. Butters Let. 8 May in E. C. O'Sullivan Harry Butters R.F.A. iii. 252 A letter from you is always an event and this one was more so than usual.

1938 Winnipeg Free Press 24 June 1/3 My fragmentary French pleased him... An ‘Anglais’ from the outside world who could talk with him—that was an event in his pub.

1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 59/1 The sandwiches mix uncommon flavors and turn a ho-hum hoagie into an event.

2006 Independent 23 June 23/2 The rare sighting of a family member of the ‘Dear Leader’ is such an event that Japanese television broadcast the images of Kim Jong-Chol and his entourage of five.

c. With modifying word or phrase. Forming the names of major, typically natural occurrences having a particular importance or significance (esp. the extinction of a large number of species over a given period of time).

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1965 Pop. Mech. Dec. 100/2 The carbon 14 level was highest in 1909, the growth year after the Tunguska event.

1977 Science 21 Jan. 285 The weak El Niño event of 1975 had a clearly defined effect on the biological productivity of the southeastern tropical Pacific.

1983 Evolution 37 1058/1 We suggest that the planktotrophic lineages were lost to extinction, probably mostly or entirely during the Permian-Triassic event.

1998 R. A. F. Grieve in M. M. Grady et al. Meteorites 122/1 The thermal radiation produced by the K–T event is at the lower end of that required to ignite living plant materials.

2011 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 24 Oct. a10/6 The Carrington event occurred during a maximum of solar activity similar to the period the sun now is entering.

†a. In singular (with or without article). What is happening, has happened, or will happen; the course of events. Obsolete.

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1566 J. Martiall Replie to Calfhills Blasphemous Answer i. f. 57 Yow haue lerned in Luther and Caluines schole, to be contentious against the church, and impugne one truth with an other, and that yow practise nowe, but howe wiselye the euent shall trie.

1614 J. Norden Labyrinth Mans Life sig. M2^v The badge that best assures what others bee, Is gesture, act, and countenance men see: All these deceiue, and therefore rest content, Search not, iudge not, but leaue it to euent.

1681 C. Ness Signs of Times 68 They ventured to foretel sundry things which came not to pass, so event proved them Lyars.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 237 I resolv'd to put my self upon the Watch, to see them..and leave the rest to the Event.

b. In plural (without article). What is happening, has happened, or will happen.

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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > course of events

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1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xiii. 81 Somtime it [sc. war] sendeth vs trew reports, either priuatelie in proiects and deuises, that be entended, or publikelie in euents.

1647 E. Ashmole tr. Spineus in W. Lilly Worlds Catastrophe 11 An Astrologer ought never to pronounce any thing absolutely, concerning future events.

1792 J. W. Newman Lounger’s Common-place Bk. I. 52/1 In the usual fortuitous turn of events, which often throws property into the lap of those who have the least occasion for it; he inherited the vast wealth of his uncle.

1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 1 Events have proved us right.

1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. xii. 130 Nature and events had made him king.

1917 D. Haig Diary 26 Nov. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 352 Ponsonby stated that he sent in all the troops he had available to mop up the village but as events proved they were not sufficient.

1950 M. St. Clair in Thrilling Wonder Stories June 138/2 It was no more fantastic than the assumption he had already made..that they could influence the course of events.

1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling 8 The desire to forecast future events is one of the great constants of human history.

2011 A. Connor Other Rembrandt li. 389 According to the old historian's version of events, Marshall had slashed a masterpiece worth millions.

†5. The fact of something happening; the coming to pass of something. Cf. Phrases 6. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurring or happening

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1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law To Rdr. sig. ❧iij^v I could not but expect the euent of so good a thing.

6. In probability theory: (originally) any of the possible outcomes of a given trial, each being mutually exclusive and having a calculable probability (= outcome n.² 3b); (in later use also) a set of outcomes for a given trial regarded as a single occurrence and for which a probability can be calculated.

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1718 A. de Moivre (title) The doctrine of chances: or, a method of calculating the probability of events in play.

1739 T. Simpson in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 608/2 (title) Containing the Doctrine of Combinations and Permutations, clearly deduced: An Investigation of the probability that a proposed Event happens a given Number of Times.

1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 96 One of the events, A, B, C, &c. must happen at every trial, and each event brings with it a specified gain or loss.

1867 W. A. Whitworth Choice & Chance ii. 75 The probability of an event not happening is obtained by subtracting from unity the probability that it will happen.

1950 N. Morrison tr. A. N. Kolmogorov Found. Theory of Probability i. 2 To each set A..is assigned a non-negative real number P(A). This number P(A) is called the probability of the event A.

2008 D. J. Hand Statistics: Very Short Introd. iv. 61 Statisticians call the probability that two events will both occur the joint probability of those two events.

7. In various technical uses, esp. in linguistics and philosophy: something that takes place instantaneously or on a particular occasion, as opposed to a continuing state or process.language event, mind-event, sign event, speech-event, etc.: see the first element.

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1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. II. 1013 Psychodometer, an instrument for measuring the rapidity of psychic events.

1908 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 29 390 The present stem turns an ‘event’ into a ‘condition’, the aorist a ‘condition’ into an ‘event’.

1919 A. N. Whitehead Enq. Princ. Nat. Knowl. ii. vi. 72 The ‘constants of externality’ are those characteristics of a perpetual experience which it possesses..when we apprehend it. A fact which possesses these characteristics, namely these constants of externality, is what we call an ‘event’.

1924 R. M. Ogden tr. K. Koffka Growth of Mind v. §10. 329 Here a process of uniting two event-configurations into one is indicated. The transference from a one-word to a many-word sentence is carried out.

1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics vi. 118 If the antecedent is an ‘event’-‘state’ verb, then the aorist of the antecedent expresses the ‘event’ which issues in the ‘state’ expressed by the imperfective of the consequent. It follows..that the consequent will be either an ‘event’-‘state’ verb or merely a ‘state’ verb.

1999 Philos. Rev. 108 419 Stephen Yablo's important paper ‘Mental Causation’ takes pains to distinguish mental properties from mental events.

8. Physics. A point in space-time.

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1920 A. S. Eddington Space, Time & Gravitation iii. 45 A point in this space-time, that is to say a given instant at a given place, is called an ‘event’. An event in its customary meaning would be the physical happening which occurs at and identifies a particular place and time. However, we shall use the word in both senses.

1954 Math. Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 49 90 Let O, A be two events in space-time on the body, simultaneous at the initial time relative to the Lorentz frame chosen.

1988 Amer. Jrnl. Physics 56 407/1 The two events representing (i) a given traveler entering one mouth and (ii) the same traveller leaving the wormhole by the other mouth will be seen by observers..as having spacelike separation.

2015 P. S. Joshi Story Collapsing Stars ii. 21 Any point in such a continuum [of special relativity] is called an event, which has three space and one time coordinates.

9. Particle Physics. Originally: a highly energetic collision between subatomic particles that produces particles of types not involved in the collision. In later use also: the immediate outcome of such a collision.

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1946 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 90 38/1 There appear to be two fairly distinct mileposts on the way to higher energies: one level of the order of 100 Mev..required for the creation of single mesons and another of the order 1 to 5 Bev..necessary for the simultaneous production of as many as ten mesons in a single event.

2016 P. Gagnon Who Cares about Particle Physics? iii. 64 This event most likely corresponds to a W boson decaying into a muon and a muon neutrino.

10. The detonation of a nuclear weapon; a nuclear explosion.

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1959 Times 13 Mar. 10/6 The site of a suspected ‘event’ (the technical term for a nuclear explosion).

1978 W. F. Dudziak & P. V. Lad Thermal Dust Measurem. from Nucl. Detonation Photogr. (U.S. Defense Nucl. Agency Rep. 4771F) 10 This event was chosen because films of this event document the evolution of various shock waves.

2009 T. C. Reed & D. B. Stillman Nucl. Express (2010) iv. 40 On March 1, 1954, the Americans conducted the Bravo event—fifteen megatons, with fallout everywhere.

11. In critical path analysis: a point in time which marks the beginning or end of a particular activity.

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1959 Operations Res. 7 649 An ‘event’, depicted by circled numbers in Fig. 1, is defined as a distinguishable, unambiguous point in time that coincides with the beginning and/or end of a specific task or activity in the R[esearch] and D[evelopment] process.

1964 K. G. Lockyer Introd. Crit. Path Anal. x. 100 This ‘event-orientation’ is quite common in PERT systems.

1975 Managem. Sci. 22 159 Berman presents an allocation technique..for equating the sum of cost slopes preceding and following each event to produce the project cost curve.

2005 J. Buglear Quantitative Methods for Business xiv. 441 To work out the earliest and latest times for the events in a network we use the activity durations.

III. A planned or scheduled occasion.

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a. A planned public or social occasion.

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society > leisure > social event > [noun]

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1820 W. Irving Little Brit. in Sketch Bk. vii. 109 There are two annual events which produce great stir and sensation in Little Britain: these are St. Bartholomew's Fair, and the Lord Mayor's day.

1877 Belgravia 31 310 A ball of the dimensions of that about to be given at Paumelle House was an event in a limited country society which no one would willingly forego.

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlvi. 465 The largest annual event in New Orleans is..the Mardi-Gras festivities.

1919 Princeton Alumni Weekly 15 Oct. 57/2 This event in the Pittsburgh programme will be of special value in bringing the alumni into closer touch with the work of the University.

1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 413/2 Approximately 10,000 persons gathered..to attend Sauerkraut Day, formerly an annual event, but abandoned during the war.

1972 Jet 11 May 30/1 Perhaps to show its seriousness about aligning with the Black community again, the Black Panther Party recently hosted a three-day event in Oakland.

2015 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 24 Oct. 6 Actress Dakota Johnson shimmered in a floor-length satin gown at a star-studded event celebrating women in film.

b. Chiefly British. In plural. The industry or profession of planning and coordinating public, social, or sporting occasions. Cf. Compounds 2.

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2001 Guardian 15 Jan. (Media section) 63/3 Many of the jobs in events are contract based.

2005 L. Van der Wagen & B. R. Carlos Event Managem. (new ed.) viii. 261 Anyone planning a career in events must stay up-to-date with trends.

2017 Daily Rec. (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 11 May 39 The people who work in events tend to be really creative and interesting and, of course, it all sounds very glamorous.

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a. One of the races or competitions which make up a programme of sport; esp. (in early use) such a race or competition on which bets may be placed. Also figurative.field event, track event, etc.: see the first element.

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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > item on sports programme

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > subject of bet

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1831 Standard 23 Sept. The Gold Cup is the next event of importance.

1852 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 23 Oct. 133/1 I take it for granted that you are not a ‘sporting man’. I take it for granted..that you have not ‘backed the Slasher for a “fiver”’; and that you ‘have’ nothing on any ‘event’.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. ix. 66 The young fellows were making an ‘event’ out of Ethel's marriage, and sporting their money freely on it.

1884 Cyclist 13 Feb. 247/2 The Amateur Athletic Association passed a rule prohibiting the holding of professional events at amateur athletic meetings.

1927 Times 14 Sept. 12/5 Bookmakers returned the money laid on the event.

1929 F. A. M. Webster Athletics of Today iii. ii. 38 An event in the Olympic pentathlon of the ancient Greeks was the simple foot race.

1975 Advocate-News (Barbados) 28 June 12/2 The Clover leaf Barrel Race, which will be the highlight of the 18 events carded for the first day of competition.

2013 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 2/4 Applications have been pouring in for seats at swimming, diving and cycling events.

b. An equestrian competition in which riders compete in the disciplines of cross-country, dressage, and showjumping; an eventing competition. Frequently with modifying phrase specifying the type of competition, as one-day event, three-day event. Cf. eventing n.²

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > eventing

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eventing1962

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > three-day event

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1931 Circleville (Ohio) Herald 17 Sept. 7/2 The first competitions, to determine the ability of the best charger or hunter, will be known as the Concours Complet D'Equitation or three-day event, with a different phase conducted each day.

1950 Times 10 Feb. 10/5 It is expected that..more of these one-day events will be held all over the country, for they will afford invaluable practice and experience. A request from the Irish team to take part in this year's Badminton event has been acceded to.

1964 Country Life 14 May 1185 (caption) They were 6th in the dressage in the Tidworth event.

1993 Equus July 10/1 The American eventing world held its collective breath. One of our most important three-day events was kicking off at the Kentucky Horse Park.

2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. a32 The event started with dressage and showjumping on Saturday.

Phrases

P1.

a. at (also in) all events: whatever happens or happened; in any case, at any rate.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > in any case

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1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War ii. i. f. cliv^v In all euentes [Fr. en tout euenement], warre shulde be begonne agaynst the Athenyans.

1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale vi. iv. 710 He vsed the same argument..saying, That the gouernment of few lords, is the gouernment of few tyrants: and that it was better at all euents to haue but one tyrant.

1685 J. Evelyn Diary 2 Oct. (1955) IV. 479 In all events, whatever do become of the C. of Eng: It is certainely of all the Christian Professions on the Earth, the most Primitive, Apostolical, & Excellent.

1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) V. 161 Civil war..must, in all events, prove infinitely calamitous to the whole nation.

1769 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 606/1 She is at all events intitled to the customary hold estates.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 73 Dupleix sent repeated orders that it [sc. the reinforcement] might be intercepted at all events.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. x. 603 Berkstead was a pedlar, or at all events a hawker of small wares.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 30 Not this at all events, which is the opposite of truth.

1938 A. Berkeley Not to be Taken xii. 223 That was plucky of you, Rona, at all events. But you've been plucky all along.

1993 D. Pool What Jane Austen ate & Charles Dickens Knew (1994) 227 In all events a lady's maid was supposed to be youthful.

2013 Jrnl. Hist. Soc. Nigeria 22 179 At all events, the lot of the leprosy sufferer was hardly an enviable one.

†b. upon all events: whatever happens or happened; in any case, at any rate; (also) for every contingency. Obsolete.

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1612 E. Grimeston tr. L. T. de Mayerne Gen. Hist. Spaine iv. 114 He prepared himselfe to the warre, making his account to lodge with his two legions in Gades, vpon all euents [Fr. en tout euenement].

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1672 (1955) III. 616 I had put all things in a readinesse, upon all events.

1719 J. Swift Let. May in Corr. (1912) III. 30 The same grain of caution which disposes a man to fill his coffers, will teach him how to preserve them upon all events.

1796 ‘A. Pasquin’ New Brighton Guide 25 We have insinuated nothing as to those ladies who may have thick or crooked legs, as they uniformly ascend the last, upon all events, and are never seen abroad in a windy day.

c. in any event: whatever happens or may have happened; in any case. Also (less commonly) at any event.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > in any case

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in any event1692

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for any sake1824

at any event1838

1692 J. Montgomery Great Britain's Just Complaint 39 So far will this War, in any Event, be from terminating in an Establishment of our present Settlement, that [etc.].

1744 D. Hume Let. 4 Aug. (1932) I. 56 In any Event, he woud against Nov^r 1745 return to his Office, & resign his Commission.

1838 Byron Gallery (at Lara) The artist..has adopted the opinion, that Lara, or at any event that a man, and not a youth, was employed in committing the body to the..waters.

1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn (1978) 14 To one practised in hallucination the beam might conceivably have looked like a halo. It was enough for this crowd, in any event.

1990 Investors Chron. (Nexis) 25 May 28 The market may be beginning a major bull surge..[or] this may be just a..sucker's rally... At any event, I think this is probably a better opportunity to offload unwanted stock than add to our holdings.

2012 Time 10 Dec. 62/3 Elmo will be back with a replacement voice, and in any event, the kids' relationship is with a frizzy-furred character, not the man pulling the strings.

P2. in the event: (with reference to past events) as it turned out; (also sometimes with reference to events in the present or the near future) as it turns out, as it happens.

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1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. f. 372/2 We go this day where you shall not dare to come nere the tayle of my horse, as in the euent it proued true.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 4 Too much indulgence..is a cruell loue in the euent.

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 91 But all his plans deceived him, and in the event became his overthrow.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. ii. 286 They openly, and in the event, successfully resisted the installation of the new prelate.

1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster II. xviii. 126 A woman who, by acknowledging a faith in which her conscience forbade her to engage, might make her lover happy, and, perhaps in the event, lead him to her own Church.

1937 G. M. Trevelyan Grey of Fallodon ii. 126 The Germans were building a fleet that in the event proved dangerously near a match for our own at Jutland.

2009 A. S. Byatt Children's Bk. (2010) xxxiii. 415 In the event, they were overwhelmed by rain.

P3. after the event: after something has happened, after the fact.

ΚΠ

1588 E. Aggas tr. F. de La Noue Politicke & Mil. Disc. xxvi. 349 What fruite is sometimes gotten of hurtfull things, which at the first blush appearing ruinous, doe neuerthelesse after the euent giue vs to weete that they bred our good instructions.

1602 J. Clapham Hist. Eng. 59 Such as before the Battell were so wary and wise in aduenturing, waxed forward enough after the euent.

1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. i. 22 If the prophecies had been composed after the event, there would have been more specification.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 53 There is no merit..in learning wisdom after the event.

1971 Gay Liberation Front Manifesto 4 Cottagers and cruisers will be zealously hunted, while queer-bashers may be apprehended, halfheartedly, after the event.

2007 Racing Post 14 Feb. 16/2 It may be a case of being sapient after the event, but any horse who obtains handicap qualifications in such rapid order is often worth a close look.

†P4. by event: incidentally; as a secondary or subsidiary result. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results > incidental result

emergent1528

by event1644

1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 25 Aristotle in the 2. Phys. cap. 1. affirmes truly that the Physitian cures himselfe by accident, as the Pilot wafts himselfe by event [Gk. κατὰ συμβεβηκός], it being impossible that he should waft others, if hee were absent.

†P5. in point of event: with regard to what has happened or will happen; in reality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb]

in truthc1330

in faitha1375

in good faitha1393

in casea1398

in effectc1405

indeed1412

effectually1420

actually?a1425

really?a1425

of a truth1494

bottom1531

for a truth?1532

in fact1592

authentically1593

in esse1597

de facto1602

essentially1604

in nature1605

in point of fact1628

positively1649

in point of event1650

effectively1652

honestly1675

entally1691

reely1792

objectively1796

fairlyc1804

in actual fact1824

factually1852

naturally1858

transactionally1866

'smatter of fact1922

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > in fact, actually

in, of feata1400

in effectc1405

effectually1420

really?a1425

literallyc1429

(by) matter in deed1447

indeed1535

in fact1592

merely1596

de facto1602

essentially1604

in point of fact1628

upon1644

in point of event1650

effectively1652

in matter of fact1709

absolutelya1712

substantially1753

actually1762

positively1800

in actual fact1824

factually1852

as matter of fact1871

fair dinkum1891

dinkum1894

'smatter of fact1922

basically1927

1650 Truths Conflict with Error ii. 38 If you respect the event, or issue of this Sacrifice, and Attonement; that is, Whether all men come in time to be saved by it or no; in this sence it is ineffectual, in point of event.

1676 W. Allen Serious & Friendly Addr. Non-conformists 29 And..we find in point of event, that the ordinary way..hath been, [etc.].

1792 J. Gregory Philos. & Literary Ess. I. Introd. p. ccxix The result in point of event, in any given case of the application of such causes, will be the same.

1878 R. Ackrill Scamper from Yorks. to U.S. 83 First in point of event is the ‘Landing of Columbus’ at San Salvador, in 1492.

P6.

a. in that event: if that should happen; in that situation; that being so.

ΚΠ

1652 E. Knott Infidelity Vnmasked iii. 285 If the reason for which I belieue a thing, be not only true, but also by the nature thereof necessarily obliges me to belieue that thing which it proves; in that event, whersoever I find that reason, I shall remaine obliged to belieue that Object which it proves.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xiv. 14 If they failed in either of these respects, they should, in that event, find him no less prepared for war, than he was inclined to peace.

1836 S. Nevile & W. M. Manning Rep. Court King's Bench 5 382 The money is to be payable amongst the children in that event, and in that event only.

1898 J. R. Gilmore Personal Recoll. A. Lincoln & Civil War iii. 33 If the Union goes, all will go with it. In that event your New York mortgages will not realize you fifty cents on the dollar.

1903 C. King Apache Princess xv. 176 If the news that came to-night should be confirmed—and only in that event—say to her..that I shall do my best to find her father.

1989 P. A. Schouls Descartes & Enlightenm. vii. 159 One becomes part of the mechanism of nature. In that event, a person is ruled by necessity.

2016 Irish Times (Nexis) 16 Apr. 8 Any implications for the current Border arrangements would only arise if the UK voted to leave and, in that event, would depend on the terms and conditions of a new relationship between the UK and the EU.

b. in the event of: if something specified should happen.

ΚΠ

1725 Information for Thomas Earl of Dundonald 26 In the Event of the Lady's Predecease.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. ii. 34 He engaged that such a number of cardinals, partisans of France..should be nominated at the next promotion, as would secure to Henry the absolute disposal of the papacy, in the event of the pontiff's death.

1835 C. Dickens Let. ?29 Oct. (1965) I. 84 I have instructed the Bearer to wait for an answer, in the event of your being at home.

1873 Building News 17 Oct. 417/2 They [sc. bridges]..can be readily repaired in the event of disaster.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 391 The juridical and theological dilemma in the event of one Siamese twin predeceasing the other.

2003 V. Bowers In Path of Avalanche vi. 71 Her job was to maintain the cabin, pass on weather reports and avalanche bulletins, and, in the event of an emergency, operate the radio.

c. in the event that: should it happen that; if. Also without that (chiefly U.S.).

ΚΠ

1770 Lloyd's Evening Post 5 Dec. 546/3 The Author..lays down the properest methods for managing the war, in the event that matters should come to an extremity.

1820 Courier (London) 6 Apr. We warn the loyal and well-disposed inhabitants of this city [sc. Glasgow].., in the event that any rising, as is threatened, shall take place, to keep themselves and their families within doors.

1899 Virginia Law Reg. 4 808 The estate then..is only to go over to B in the event that A dies without issue.

1937 Tempo Nov. 3/2 What will happen in the event that a ‘dark horse’ enters the race is unpredictable.

1940 N. J. Eastman Expectant Motherhood vii. 108 In the event the bag of waters should break when you are downtown or some distance away from home, it is judicious to take a taxi direct to the hospital.

1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 42 8 Roll bar, a metal tubular structure over the cockpit which protects the driver in the event the car overturns.

1984 T. C. Boyle Budding Prospects (1985) iii. i. 130 This was his fire road—his escape route in the event that the primary road was blocked by fire.

2016 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 1 July 6 Mr Shorten was quizzed about whether he would remain leader after the election in the event that Labor lost.

Compounds

C1. With first element in singular form.

(a) attributive and objective. With the sense ‘of or relating to a planned public, social, or sporting occasion’, as event calendar, event organization, event planning, etc. Cf. Compounds 2a.

ΚΠ

1921 Community Boy Leadership (Boy Scouts of Amer.) xvi. 404 Event Organization. The organization for the actual performance for a public event..divides itself into four groups,..mobilization, property, medical, and records.

1925 Pittsburgh Courier 21 Mar. 4/1 The event calendar looms invitingly. Following last week's announcement of the April events, there are interesting additions.

1942 H. M. Baus Publicity iv. 134 Event publicity divides into advance publicity and spot coverage.

1966 H. L. Williams & C. L. French Committees are Fun Contents 11 Event planning and committee details for..Bazaars and Fairs.

1975 National Cal. Bicentennial Events (Amer. Revolution Bicentennial Administration) Foreword This event calendar is prepared and published by ARBA... It lists event details provided by sponsors and planners.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 July (Life section) 4/3 Snell has worked in travel consulting, event management, fashion marketing and staff training.

2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 29 Sept. e6/3 His dream job would be event-planning for elderly communities.

(b) Objective. With the sense ‘designating a person responsible for planning a public, social, or sporting occasion’, as event coordinator, event manager, event organizer, event planner, etc. Cf. Compounds 2b.

ΚΠ

1924 Washington Post 14 Jan. s1/3 Athletes are notably slow in sending in their names..until..the last minute, when the event managers are usually swamped.

1952 Humboldt Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 26 Apr. 10/4 Vice President Harold Prior..is event coordinator.

1968 N.Y. Times 24 Jan. (Late City ed.) l36/1 Computicket will give the event promotor the first terminal in his box office free of charge.

1969 Chicago Daily Defender 9 Sept. 3/3 (caption) Dorothy M. Frazier, another event planner.

1979 Managem. Rev. 1 June 35/1 Tournament promoters and event organizers' publicists need not have the sponsor's best interest at heart.

1998 A. Shone Business of Conf. xi. 145 An event manager..is responsible for the conference once the provisional enquiry becomes a confirmed booking.

2007 R. Greenberger Cool Careers without College for People who love to organize, manage, & Plan v. 53 (caption) Working as an event planner often involves the coordination of..decorators, musicians, entertainers, and caterers.

event-driven adj. (a) Computing designating a program designed to respond to input provided by the user; of or relating to programs of this kind; (b) (more generally) motivated or determined by events; activated in response to events.

ΚΠ

1967 Communications ACM 10 771 The event-driven aspect, which simplified the design and cut down system overhead considerably, has not yet created any appreciable problems in applications programming.

1981 ABA Banking Jrnl. (Nexis) Mar. 60 It seems to me that banks' trust operations departments have been event-driven rather than goal-driven or -directed.

1992 PC Mag 29 Sept. 386/2 If you really want to be writing full-blown, event-driven programs.., you should be writing a Windows program, not a hybrid DOS program.

2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 July 23/2 The novel is not so much plot-driven as event-driven.

event-filled adj. containing many interesting or exciting events; eventful.

ΚΠ

1935 PMLA 50 320 The contemporary age of train schedules, telephone exchanges, speeding automobiles, time-clock work days, and event-filled, active lives.

2014 B. Weber Life is Wheel x. 179 We..took off for what turned out to be the most vivid, event-filled four days I've ever had.

event horizon n. (a) Physics the boundary of a region in space-time having the property that no event within that region can have a causal relationship with any external future event; esp. such a boundary associated with a black hole, beyond which neither electromagnetic waves nor matter can escape; (b) figurative a point of no return or at which something is not perceptible or knowable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > star > kind of star > black hole > [noun] > boundary of

event horizon1956

Schwarzschild sphere1969

1956 W. Rindler in Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 116 663 An event-horizon, for a given fundamental observer A, is a (hyper-) surface in space-time which divides all events into two non-empty classes: those that have been, are, or will be observable by A, and those that are forever outside A's possible powers of observation.

1978 Financial Times 21 June 18/3 He has been pressing for greater recognition of the importance of the silicon chip revolution, and argues that we have crossed a major ‘event horizon’.

1986 M. K. Munitz Cosmic Understanding v. 167 The observable universe will also have an event horizon.

1998 K. Eshun More Brilliant than Sun v. 67 The beat is the ballast which prevents escape velocity, which stops music breaking beyond the event horizon.

2008 T. Bevel & R. M. Gardner Bloodstain Pattern Anal. (ed. 3) xiv. 319 The crime scene analyst's event horizon is the why of crime; it is a point beyond which we cannot see.

2016 Daily Mail (Nexis) 30 June (Science section) Black holes do not give off any light beyond their event horizon, meaning they cannot be observed directly and can only be inferred by their effect on objects around them.

event-particle n. Physics (now historical and rare) (in or with reference to the works of mathematician and philosopher A. N. Whitehead) an instantaneous occurrence in space-time, having no extent in either space or time; = point-event n. at point n.¹ Compounds 2.Proposed as an abstraction of an event, analogous to the notion of a point in geometry.

ΚΠ

1919 A. N. Whitehead Enq. Princ. Nat. Knowl. iii. x. 121 An event-particle is an instantaneous point viewed in the guise of an atomic event. The punct which an event-particle covers gives it an absolute position in the instantaneous space of any moment in which it lies.

1933 Mind 42 161 The instantaneous punctiform ‘event-particles’ of certain modern theories.

2014 B. E. Bannon From Mastery to Myst. 186 An analogy might be viewing a film frame by frame. In this case, each frame would capture an event-particle.

event-related potential n. Physiology an electrical signal (recorded by electroencephalography) which is characteristic of brain activity associated with a particular external or internal event; abbreviated ERP.

ΚΠ

1969 H. G. Vaughan in Average Evoked Potentials: Conf. Amer. Inst. Biol. Sci. & NASA 1968 ii. 46 The term ‘event-related potentials’ (ERP) is proposed to designate the general class of potentials that display stable time relationships to a definable reference event.

1990 Child Devel. 61 1203/1 Other techniques for measuring hemispheric asymmetry during information processing, such as event-related potential recording, might help in the future to answer these questions.

2008 New Yorker 10 Nov. 69/1 The earliest technique, measuring what's known as an event-related potential, or E.R.P., charts the brain's electrical activity, using an electrode-studded skullcap.

event tree n. a type of tree diagram representing the possible subsequent events and consequences of a particular event (esp. an accident or other hazardous situation) and the risk involved; frequently attributive, esp. in event tree analysis.

ΚΠ

1967 Jrnl. Finance 22 587 For illustrative purposes, the same cost of capital rate was used to discount the subsequent cash flows for each event-tree.

1985 S. Simpson in Applic. Risk Anal. to Offshore Oil & Gas Operations: Proc. Internat. Workshop (U.S. National Bureau Standards) App. 6. 183 Risk analysis..refers to the use of formalized techniques such as failure modes and effects analysis, Fault and Event Tree analyses, etc.

2008 D. T. L. Yung Princ. Fire Risk Assessm. in Buildings iv. 43 An event tree for the judgement of probability, consequence and risk rating for the various fire scenarios resulting from a fire..in an apartment building.

C2. With first element in plural form.

a. attributive and objective. With the sense ‘of or relating to a series of planned public, social, or sporting occasions’, as events calendar, events planning, events programme, etc.

ΚΠ

1909 Washington Post 12 Mar. 8/3 The five professional skaters..that will take part in the three nights' events schedule include Baptie, Wood, [etc.].

1932 Chester (Pa.) Times 8 Nov. 8/3 Two monthly business meetings are featured today on the events calendar of Madison Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

1979 Guardian 30 Apr. 18/3 (advt.) The working pattern of the job..will obviously be dictated by the events programme.

1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 July (Home section) t18 To keep up in the highly competitive field of events-planning in Washington, Pangburn specializes in unusual party themes.

1998 Warwick Boar 3 Feb. 16/4 An events bill which included sprinting, middle-distance running, a gym test, and a 2000 metre race on rowing machines.

2001 C. Warkentin Reshaping World Politics iii. 52 On-site links to..guidelines for starting an Earth Island project, an events calendar, a bookstore, and more.

2014 H. Browne Honeymoon Hotel 377 ‘Would I be overseeing the whole events program?’ I asked in a calm voice.

b. Objective. With the sense ‘designating a person responsible for planning public, social, or sporting occasions’, as events coordinator, events planner, etc.

ΚΠ

1955 Humboldt (Eureka, Calif.) Standard May (Vacation Special section) 5/6 12th Annual Arcata Junior Fair... Glenna J. LaCaze, manager; Ralph Barnes, events manager.

1957 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 4 May a7/1 Committee heads named are Earl Weyrick.., events coordinator, and Dick Chase,..publicity director.

1962 Guardian 8 Jan. 6/6 Mr. Fred Morgan, who as ‘events secretary’ used to be one of the most energetic members of staff of the National Union of Students.

1968 Fairborn (Ohio) Daily Herald 23 Feb. 6/3 (heading) PI Officer Is Events Planner For Command.

2000 H. Simpson Hey Yeah Right (2001) 92 Her latest talk was of being an events organiser, of how she was going to have a portfolio career and lots of fun.

2014 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Aug. Suppl. 7 Events planners can note Melton Estate is well set up for corporate events with a business savvy conference space set amongst the vines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	event
释义	eventn. Brit. /ᵻˈvɛnt/, U.S. /əˈvɛnt/, /iˈvɛnt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s euent, 1500s–1600s euente, 1500s–1600s evente, 1500s– event; also Scottish pre-1700 euend. Origin: Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French event; Latin ēventus. Etymology: < (i) Middle French event outcome, result (late 15th cent.), something that happens or takes place (16th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ēventus outcome, result, fulfilment, successful outcome, occurrence, fate, in post-classical Latin also chance (perhaps 4th cent.) < ēvenīre to come out, happen, result ( < ē- e- prefix² + venīre to come: see Venite n.) + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns.French évent ‘one of the races or competitions which make up a programme of sport’ (1866) is a later reborrowing < English; the now usual French word for ‘event’ is événement événement n. With sense 3b compare French un veritable événement (1812 or earlier). With in the event of at Phrases 6b compare post-classical Latin in eventu (frequently from early 14th cent. in British sources). I. An outcome and related senses. 1. The outcome of an action or occurrence; a result, a consequence. Cf. in the event at Phrases 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results issuea1325 outcominga1382 conclusionc1384 endc1385 fruita1400 finec1405 termination?a1425 sumc1430 succession1514 sequel1524 game1530 success1537 event1539 pass1542 increase1560 outgate1568 exit1570 cropc1575 utmosta1586 upshoot1598 sequence1600 upshot1604 resultance1616 upshut1620 succedenta1633 apotelesm1636 come-off1640 conclude1643 prosult1647 offcome1666 resultant1692 outlet1710 period1713 outcome1788 outrun1801 outcome1808 upset1821 overcome1822 upping1828 summary1831 outgo1870 upcomec1874 out-turn1881 end-product1923 pay-off1926 wash-up1961 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes f. xliij As it is to be thought of the euentes and chaunces in warres [L. Martis euentum], so it is of al other valyaunte and hardye enterpryses. ?1549 J. Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. sig. Aviii We iudge of election, by the euent, or successe, that happenithe in the liffe of man. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 219 Touching the originall, proceeding, and euent of these warres, I..spare to speake muche. 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age i. sig. B^v Causes best friended haue the best euent. 1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times ii. v. 78 His Courtesie in Intention, prov'd a mischief in Event. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 113. ⁋3 A beautiful Creature in a Widow's Habit sat in Court, to hear the Event of a Cause concerning her Dower. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 96 We have surprising accounts..of the recovery of persons, without the least prospect of a favourable event. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xiii. 276 He then took his aim..and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 612 The event of his enterprise was doubtful. 1945 W. L. Sperry Relig. in Amer. (1946) xi. 222 Our naïve trust that we may spread the blessings of our kind of democracy over Europe probably bears little relation to what will be the ultimate event. †2. The fate of a person or thing; what befalls a person or thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > personal destiny or one's lot lotOE chance1297 fallc1300 weirds1320 cuta1340 fatec1374 vie1377 parta1382 foredoom1563 event1577 allotment1586 fatality1589 kincha1600 lines1611 fortunea1616 dispensation1704 1577 J. Bishop Beautifull Blossomes f. 58^v The Caspians starued him that liued past 70. yeares, and casting him away into a desart would stand a farre off and watch his euent. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 143 A ship in midst of tempest left..Full sad and dreadfull is that ships event. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. ix. 2 There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not. View more context for this quotation 1641 W. S. in More's Hist. Edward V (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v The miserable and wretched end and event of the other. 1693 J. Owen Two Disc. Holy Spirit 129 They differ as unto the Event even in this World they may come unto. II. An occurrence and related senses. 3. a. Something that happens or takes place, esp. something significant or noteworthy; an incident, an occurrence. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event weird971 redeOE thingOE limpc1200 casea1250 tidingc1275 timinga1325 being?c1400 incident?1462 advenement1490 occurrent1523 accidenta1525 occurrence1539 affair1550 event1554 happening1561 événement1567 success1588 betide1590 circumstance1592 arrivage1603 eveniency1660 occurrency1671 betider1674 befalling1839 whet1849 intermezzo1851 transpiration1908 1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. B.vii^v Vndoubtedly doubtfull were the heartes of the people, and merueylouslye bent to fauour Wyat and his purpose, as by daylye euentes appeared. 1564 P. Moore Hope of Health f. xlv A wounde, pricke, brouse, or some soche like outwarde euente, whiche doe deminishe healthe, and cause some sickenesse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (1623) v. iii. 203 To Order well the State, That like Euents, may ne're it Ruinate. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 140 The dangerous euents in darke and tempestuous nights, which happen there [i.e. in this sea]. 1650 O. Cromwell Let. 12 Sept. in Perfect Diurnall 23 Sept. 479 And ought not you and we to think with feare and trembling of the hand of the great God in this mighty and strange apearance of his? but can slightly call it an event. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. ii This observation forms..a Presumption..that such Event has or will come to pass. 1770 J. Armstrong Forced Marriage v. viii. 115 Go, Compose the body privately; and let No whisper of this sad event steal out. 1803 T. Campbell Poems 4 Coming events cast their shadows before. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 209 Her affection, awakened by the events of the morning. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. ii. 86 An utter change in the political events which came after..would have been the result. 1920 R. A. Freeman Savant's Vendetta iii. 37 I reflected on the future to which recent events had committed me. 1940 Geogr. Rev. 30 147 The sequence and interrelationship of volcano-seismic events throughout the islands of the Lesser Antilles is indisputable. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Mar. 279/5 The event that precipitated the 1905 revolution was the massacre by government officials of unarmed workers assembled in St Petersburg. 2016 New Scientist 18 June 38/1 Extreme stress can also blur people's memory of an event. b. colloquial. In predicative use: a particularly noteworthy or significant occurrence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > other a great speak1587 livera1616 event1794 strategic point1861 action1927 1794 E. Gunning Lord Fitzhenry I. 83 The arrival of Lord Uxington's family in that country, from whence they had been absent so many years, was quite an event. 1823 J. H. Payne Clari i. ii. 12 A dinner's quite an event to these fellows. 1863 Sat. Rev. 4 July 13/2 These annual meetings are always an event at Paris. 1883 I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 84/2 The first sight of a real mangrove swamp is an event. 1916 H. Butters Let. 8 May in E. C. O'Sullivan Harry Butters R.F.A. iii. 252 A letter from you is always an event and this one was more so than usual. 1938 Winnipeg Free Press 24 June 1/3 My fragmentary French pleased him... An ‘Anglais’ from the outside world who could talk with him—that was an event in his pub. 1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 59/1 The sandwiches mix uncommon flavors and turn a ho-hum hoagie into an event. 2006 Independent 23 June 23/2 The rare sighting of a family member of the ‘Dear Leader’ is such an event that Japanese television broadcast the images of Kim Jong-Chol and his entourage of five. c. With modifying word or phrase. Forming the names of major, typically natural occurrences having a particular importance or significance (esp. the extinction of a large number of species over a given period of time). ΚΠ 1965 Pop. Mech. Dec. 100/2 The carbon 14 level was highest in 1909, the growth year after the Tunguska event. 1977 Science 21 Jan. 285 The weak El Niño event of 1975 had a clearly defined effect on the biological productivity of the southeastern tropical Pacific. 1983 Evolution 37 1058/1 We suggest that the planktotrophic lineages were lost to extinction, probably mostly or entirely during the Permian-Triassic event. 1998 R. A. F. Grieve in M. M. Grady et al. Meteorites 122/1 The thermal radiation produced by the K–T event is at the lower end of that required to ignite living plant materials. 2011 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 24 Oct. a10/6 The Carrington event occurred during a maximum of solar activity similar to the period the sun now is entering. 4. †a. In singular (with or without article). What is happening, has happened, or will happen; the course of events. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1566 J. Martiall Replie to Calfhills Blasphemous Answer i. f. 57 Yow haue lerned in Luther and Caluines schole, to be contentious against the church, and impugne one truth with an other, and that yow practise nowe, but howe wiselye the euent shall trie. 1614 J. Norden Labyrinth Mans Life sig. M2^v The badge that best assures what others bee, Is gesture, act, and countenance men see: All these deceiue, and therefore rest content, Search not, iudge not, but leaue it to euent. 1681 C. Ness Signs of Times 68 They ventured to foretel sundry things which came not to pass, so event proved them Lyars. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 237 I resolv'd to put my self upon the Watch, to see them..and leave the rest to the Event. b. In plural (without article). What is happening, has happened, or will happen. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > course of events draughta1327 occasiona1450 events1582 subcycle1860 scenario1962 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xiii. 81 Somtime it [sc. war] sendeth vs trew reports, either priuatelie in proiects and deuises, that be entended, or publikelie in euents. 1647 E. Ashmole tr. Spineus in W. Lilly Worlds Catastrophe 11 An Astrologer ought never to pronounce any thing absolutely, concerning future events. 1792 J. W. Newman Lounger’s Common-place Bk. I. 52/1 In the usual fortuitous turn of events, which often throws property into the lap of those who have the least occasion for it; he inherited the vast wealth of his uncle. 1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 1 Events have proved us right. 1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. xii. 130 Nature and events had made him king. 1917 D. Haig Diary 26 Nov. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 352 Ponsonby stated that he sent in all the troops he had available to mop up the village but as events proved they were not sufficient. 1950 M. St. Clair in Thrilling Wonder Stories June 138/2 It was no more fantastic than the assumption he had already made..that they could influence the course of events. 1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling 8 The desire to forecast future events is one of the great constants of human history. 2011 A. Connor Other Rembrandt li. 389 According to the old historian's version of events, Marshall had slashed a masterpiece worth millions. †5. The fact of something happening; the coming to pass of something. Cf. Phrases 6. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurring or happening chance1297 befallingc1374 betidingc1374 occasionc1390 happening1431 turna1475 event1601 cadence1603 turning up1628 eveniencya1646 cadency1647 coming1651 occurrence1725 eventuation1728 encounter1870 occurrency1920 1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law To Rdr. sig. ❧iij^v I could not but expect the euent of so good a thing. 6. In probability theory: (originally) any of the possible outcomes of a given trial, each being mutually exclusive and having a calculable probability (= outcome n.² 3b); (in later use also) a set of outcomes for a given trial regarded as a single occurrence and for which a probability can be calculated. ΚΠ 1718 A. de Moivre (title) The doctrine of chances: or, a method of calculating the probability of events in play. 1739 T. Simpson in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 608/2 (title) Containing the Doctrine of Combinations and Permutations, clearly deduced: An Investigation of the probability that a proposed Event happens a given Number of Times. 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 96 One of the events, A, B, C, &c. must happen at every trial, and each event brings with it a specified gain or loss. 1867 W. A. Whitworth Choice & Chance ii. 75 The probability of an event not happening is obtained by subtracting from unity the probability that it will happen. 1950 N. Morrison tr. A. N. Kolmogorov Found. Theory of Probability i. 2 To each set A..is assigned a non-negative real number P(A). This number P(A) is called the probability of the event A. 2008 D. J. Hand Statistics: Very Short Introd. iv. 61 Statisticians call the probability that two events will both occur the joint probability of those two events. 7. In various technical uses, esp. in linguistics and philosophy: something that takes place instantaneously or on a particular occasion, as opposed to a continuing state or process.language event, mind-event, sign event, speech-event, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. II. 1013 Psychodometer, an instrument for measuring the rapidity of psychic events. 1908 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 29 390 The present stem turns an ‘event’ into a ‘condition’, the aorist a ‘condition’ into an ‘event’. 1919 A. N. Whitehead Enq. Princ. Nat. Knowl. ii. vi. 72 The ‘constants of externality’ are those characteristics of a perpetual experience which it possesses..when we apprehend it. A fact which possesses these characteristics, namely these constants of externality, is what we call an ‘event’. 1924 R. M. Ogden tr. K. Koffka Growth of Mind v. §10. 329 Here a process of uniting two event-configurations into one is indicated. The transference from a one-word to a many-word sentence is carried out. 1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics vi. 118 If the antecedent is an ‘event’-‘state’ verb, then the aorist of the antecedent expresses the ‘event’ which issues in the ‘state’ expressed by the imperfective of the consequent. It follows..that the consequent will be either an ‘event’-‘state’ verb or merely a ‘state’ verb. 1999 Philos. Rev. 108 419 Stephen Yablo's important paper ‘Mental Causation’ takes pains to distinguish mental properties from mental events. 8. Physics. A point in space-time. ΚΠ 1920 A. S. Eddington Space, Time & Gravitation iii. 45 A point in this space-time, that is to say a given instant at a given place, is called an ‘event’. An event in its customary meaning would be the physical happening which occurs at and identifies a particular place and time. However, we shall use the word in both senses. 1954 Math. Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 49 90 Let O, A be two events in space-time on the body, simultaneous at the initial time relative to the Lorentz frame chosen. 1988 Amer. Jrnl. Physics 56 407/1 The two events representing (i) a given traveler entering one mouth and (ii) the same traveller leaving the wormhole by the other mouth will be seen by observers..as having spacelike separation. 2015 P. S. Joshi Story Collapsing Stars ii. 21 Any point in such a continuum [of special relativity] is called an event, which has three space and one time coordinates. 9. Particle Physics. Originally: a highly energetic collision between subatomic particles that produces particles of types not involved in the collision. In later use also: the immediate outcome of such a collision. ΚΠ 1946 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 90 38/1 There appear to be two fairly distinct mileposts on the way to higher energies: one level of the order of 100 Mev..required for the creation of single mesons and another of the order 1 to 5 Bev..necessary for the simultaneous production of as many as ten mesons in a single event. 2016 P. Gagnon Who Cares about Particle Physics? iii. 64 This event most likely corresponds to a W boson decaying into a muon and a muon neutrino. 10. The detonation of a nuclear weapon; a nuclear explosion. ΚΠ 1959 Times 13 Mar. 10/6 The site of a suspected ‘event’ (the technical term for a nuclear explosion). 1978 W. F. Dudziak & P. V. Lad Thermal Dust Measurem. from Nucl. Detonation Photogr. (U.S. Defense Nucl. Agency Rep. 4771F) 10 This event was chosen because films of this event document the evolution of various shock waves. 2009 T. C. Reed & D. B. Stillman Nucl. Express (2010) iv. 40 On March 1, 1954, the Americans conducted the Bravo event—fifteen megatons, with fallout everywhere. 11. In critical path analysis: a point in time which marks the beginning or end of a particular activity. ΚΠ 1959 Operations Res. 7 649 An ‘event’, depicted by circled numbers in Fig. 1, is defined as a distinguishable, unambiguous point in time that coincides with the beginning and/or end of a specific task or activity in the R[esearch] and D[evelopment] process. 1964 K. G. Lockyer Introd. Crit. Path Anal. x. 100 This ‘event-orientation’ is quite common in PERT systems. 1975 Managem. Sci. 22 159 Berman presents an allocation technique..for equating the sum of cost slopes preceding and following each event to produce the project cost curve. 2005 J. Buglear Quantitative Methods for Business xiv. 441 To work out the earliest and latest times for the events in a network we use the activity durations. III. A planned or scheduled occasion. 12. a. A planned public or social occasion. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > [noun] special occasion1574 affair1736 functiona1792 event1820 doa1824 socialities1825 occasion1855 time1878 1820 W. Irving Little Brit. in Sketch Bk. vii. 109 There are two annual events which produce great stir and sensation in Little Britain: these are St. Bartholomew's Fair, and the Lord Mayor's day. 1877 Belgravia 31 310 A ball of the dimensions of that about to be given at Paumelle House was an event in a limited country society which no one would willingly forego. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlvi. 465 The largest annual event in New Orleans is..the Mardi-Gras festivities. 1919 Princeton Alumni Weekly 15 Oct. 57/2 This event in the Pittsburgh programme will be of special value in bringing the alumni into closer touch with the work of the University. 1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 413/2 Approximately 10,000 persons gathered..to attend Sauerkraut Day, formerly an annual event, but abandoned during the war. 1972 Jet 11 May 30/1 Perhaps to show its seriousness about aligning with the Black community again, the Black Panther Party recently hosted a three-day event in Oakland. 2015 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 24 Oct. 6 Actress Dakota Johnson shimmered in a floor-length satin gown at a star-studded event celebrating women in film. b. Chiefly British. In plural. The industry or profession of planning and coordinating public, social, or sporting occasions. Cf. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 2001 Guardian 15 Jan. (Media section) 63/3 Many of the jobs in events are contract based. 2005 L. Van der Wagen & B. R. Carlos Event Managem. (new ed.) viii. 261 Anyone planning a career in events must stay up-to-date with trends. 2017 Daily Rec. (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 11 May 39 The people who work in events tend to be really creative and interesting and, of course, it all sounds very glamorous. 13. a. One of the races or competitions which make up a programme of sport; esp. (in early use) such a race or competition on which bets may be placed. Also figurative.field event, track event, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > item on sports programme event1831 nightcap1910 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > subject of bet wagera1586 event1831 1831 Standard 23 Sept. The Gold Cup is the next event of importance. 1852 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 23 Oct. 133/1 I take it for granted that you are not a ‘sporting man’. I take it for granted..that you have not ‘backed the Slasher for a “fiver”’; and that you ‘have’ nothing on any ‘event’. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. ix. 66 The young fellows were making an ‘event’ out of Ethel's marriage, and sporting their money freely on it. 1884 Cyclist 13 Feb. 247/2 The Amateur Athletic Association passed a rule prohibiting the holding of professional events at amateur athletic meetings. 1927 Times 14 Sept. 12/5 Bookmakers returned the money laid on the event. 1929 F. A. M. Webster Athletics of Today iii. ii. 38 An event in the Olympic pentathlon of the ancient Greeks was the simple foot race. 1975 Advocate-News (Barbados) 28 June 12/2 The Clover leaf Barrel Race, which will be the highlight of the 18 events carded for the first day of competition. 2013 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 2/4 Applications have been pouring in for seats at swimming, diving and cycling events. b. An equestrian competition in which riders compete in the disciplines of cross-country, dressage, and showjumping; an eventing competition. Frequently with modifying phrase specifying the type of competition, as one-day event, three-day event. Cf. eventing n.² ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > eventing event1931 eventing1962 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > three-day event event1931 1931 Circleville (Ohio) Herald 17 Sept. 7/2 The first competitions, to determine the ability of the best charger or hunter, will be known as the Concours Complet D'Equitation or three-day event, with a different phase conducted each day. 1950 Times 10 Feb. 10/5 It is expected that..more of these one-day events will be held all over the country, for they will afford invaluable practice and experience. A request from the Irish team to take part in this year's Badminton event has been acceded to. 1964 Country Life 14 May 1185 (caption) They were 6th in the dressage in the Tidworth event. 1993 Equus July 10/1 The American eventing world held its collective breath. One of our most important three-day events was kicking off at the Kentucky Horse Park. 2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. a32 The event started with dressage and showjumping on Saturday. Phrases P1. a. at (also in) all events: whatever happens or happened; in any case, at any rate. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > in any case algatec1330 for any chancea1400 at (also in) all events1550 howsoever1586 in any event1692 oncea1715 whether or no1784 for any sake1824 at any event1838 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War ii. i. f. cliv^v In all euentes [Fr. en tout euenement], warre shulde be begonne agaynst the Athenyans. 1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale vi. iv. 710 He vsed the same argument..saying, That the gouernment of few lords, is the gouernment of few tyrants: and that it was better at all euents to haue but one tyrant. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary 2 Oct. (1955) IV. 479 In all events, whatever do become of the C. of Eng: It is certainely of all the Christian Professions on the Earth, the most Primitive, Apostolical, & Excellent. 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) V. 161 Civil war..must, in all events, prove infinitely calamitous to the whole nation. 1769 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 606/1 She is at all events intitled to the customary hold estates. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 73 Dupleix sent repeated orders that it [sc. the reinforcement] might be intercepted at all events. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. x. 603 Berkstead was a pedlar, or at all events a hawker of small wares. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 30 Not this at all events, which is the opposite of truth. 1938 A. Berkeley Not to be Taken xii. 223 That was plucky of you, Rona, at all events. But you've been plucky all along. 1993 D. Pool What Jane Austen ate & Charles Dickens Knew (1994) 227 In all events a lady's maid was supposed to be youthful. 2013 Jrnl. Hist. Soc. Nigeria 22 179 At all events, the lot of the leprosy sufferer was hardly an enviable one. †b. upon all events: whatever happens or happened; in any case, at any rate; (also) for every contingency. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1612 E. Grimeston tr. L. T. de Mayerne Gen. Hist. Spaine iv. 114 He prepared himselfe to the warre, making his account to lodge with his two legions in Gades, vpon all euents [Fr. en tout euenement]. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1672 (1955) III. 616 I had put all things in a readinesse, upon all events. 1719 J. Swift Let. May in Corr. (1912) III. 30 The same grain of caution which disposes a man to fill his coffers, will teach him how to preserve them upon all events. 1796 ‘A. Pasquin’ New Brighton Guide 25 We have insinuated nothing as to those ladies who may have thick or crooked legs, as they uniformly ascend the last, upon all events, and are never seen abroad in a windy day. c. in any event: whatever happens or may have happened; in any case. Also (less commonly) at any event. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > in any case algatec1330 for any chancea1400 at (also in) all events1550 howsoever1586 in any event1692 oncea1715 whether or no1784 for any sake1824 at any event1838 1692 J. Montgomery Great Britain's Just Complaint 39 So far will this War, in any Event, be from terminating in an Establishment of our present Settlement, that [etc.]. 1744 D. Hume Let. 4 Aug. (1932) I. 56 In any Event, he woud against Nov^r 1745 return to his Office, & resign his Commission. 1838 Byron Gallery (at Lara) The artist..has adopted the opinion, that Lara, or at any event that a man, and not a youth, was employed in committing the body to the..waters. 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn (1978) 14 To one practised in hallucination the beam might conceivably have looked like a halo. It was enough for this crowd, in any event. 1990 Investors Chron. (Nexis) 25 May 28 The market may be beginning a major bull surge..[or] this may be just a..sucker's rally... At any event, I think this is probably a better opportunity to offload unwanted stock than add to our holdings. 2012 Time 10 Dec. 62/3 Elmo will be back with a replacement voice, and in any event, the kids' relationship is with a frizzy-furred character, not the man pulling the strings. P2. in the event: (with reference to past events) as it turned out; (also sometimes with reference to events in the present or the near future) as it turns out, as it happens. ΚΠ 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. f. 372/2 We go this day where you shall not dare to come nere the tayle of my horse, as in the euent it proued true. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 4 Too much indulgence..is a cruell loue in the euent. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 91 But all his plans deceived him, and in the event became his overthrow. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. ii. 286 They openly, and in the event, successfully resisted the installation of the new prelate. 1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster II. xviii. 126 A woman who, by acknowledging a faith in which her conscience forbade her to engage, might make her lover happy, and, perhaps in the event, lead him to her own Church. 1937 G. M. Trevelyan Grey of Fallodon ii. 126 The Germans were building a fleet that in the event proved dangerously near a match for our own at Jutland. 2009 A. S. Byatt Children's Bk. (2010) xxxiii. 415 In the event, they were overwhelmed by rain. P3. after the event: after something has happened, after the fact. ΚΠ 1588 E. Aggas tr. F. de La Noue Politicke & Mil. Disc. xxvi. 349 What fruite is sometimes gotten of hurtfull things, which at the first blush appearing ruinous, doe neuerthelesse after the euent giue vs to weete that they bred our good instructions. 1602 J. Clapham Hist. Eng. 59 Such as before the Battell were so wary and wise in aduenturing, waxed forward enough after the euent. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. i. 22 If the prophecies had been composed after the event, there would have been more specification. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 53 There is no merit..in learning wisdom after the event. 1971 Gay Liberation Front Manifesto 4 Cottagers and cruisers will be zealously hunted, while queer-bashers may be apprehended, halfheartedly, after the event. 2007 Racing Post 14 Feb. 16/2 It may be a case of being sapient after the event, but any horse who obtains handicap qualifications in such rapid order is often worth a close look. †P4. by event: incidentally; as a secondary or subsidiary result. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results > incidental result emergent1528 by event1644 1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 25 Aristotle in the 2. Phys. cap. 1. affirmes truly that the Physitian cures himselfe by accident, as the Pilot wafts himselfe by event [Gk. κατὰ συμβεβηκός], it being impossible that he should waft others, if hee were absent. †P5. in point of event: with regard to what has happened or will happen; in reality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb] in truthc1330 in faitha1375 in good faitha1393 in casea1398 in effectc1405 indeed1412 effectually1420 actually?a1425 really?a1425 of a truth1494 bottom1531 for a truth?1532 in fact1592 authentically1593 in esse1597 de facto1602 essentially1604 in nature1605 in point of fact1628 positively1649 in point of event1650 effectively1652 honestly1675 entally1691 reely1792 objectively1796 fairlyc1804 in actual fact1824 factually1852 naturally1858 transactionally1866 'smatter of fact1922 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > in fact, actually in, of feata1400 in effectc1405 effectually1420 really?a1425 literallyc1429 (by) matter in deed1447 indeed1535 in fact1592 merely1596 de facto1602 essentially1604 in point of fact1628 upon1644 in point of event1650 effectively1652 in matter of fact1709 absolutelya1712 substantially1753 actually1762 positively1800 in actual fact1824 factually1852 as matter of fact1871 fair dinkum1891 dinkum1894 'smatter of fact1922 basically1927 1650 Truths Conflict with Error ii. 38 If you respect the event, or issue of this Sacrifice, and Attonement; that is, Whether all men come in time to be saved by it or no; in this sence it is ineffectual, in point of event. 1676 W. Allen Serious & Friendly Addr. Non-conformists 29 And..we find in point of event, that the ordinary way..hath been, [etc.]. 1792 J. Gregory Philos. & Literary Ess. I. Introd. p. ccxix The result in point of event, in any given case of the application of such causes, will be the same. 1878 R. Ackrill Scamper from Yorks. to U.S. 83 First in point of event is the ‘Landing of Columbus’ at San Salvador, in 1492. P6. a. in that event: if that should happen; in that situation; that being so. ΚΠ 1652 E. Knott Infidelity Vnmasked iii. 285 If the reason for which I belieue a thing, be not only true, but also by the nature thereof necessarily obliges me to belieue that thing which it proves; in that event, whersoever I find that reason, I shall remaine obliged to belieue that Object which it proves. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xiv. 14 If they failed in either of these respects, they should, in that event, find him no less prepared for war, than he was inclined to peace. 1836 S. Nevile & W. M. Manning Rep. Court King's Bench 5 382 The money is to be payable amongst the children in that event, and in that event only. 1898 J. R. Gilmore Personal Recoll. A. Lincoln & Civil War iii. 33 If the Union goes, all will go with it. In that event your New York mortgages will not realize you fifty cents on the dollar. 1903 C. King Apache Princess xv. 176 If the news that came to-night should be confirmed—and only in that event—say to her..that I shall do my best to find her father. 1989 P. A. Schouls Descartes & Enlightenm. vii. 159 One becomes part of the mechanism of nature. In that event, a person is ruled by necessity. 2016 Irish Times (Nexis) 16 Apr. 8 Any implications for the current Border arrangements would only arise if the UK voted to leave and, in that event, would depend on the terms and conditions of a new relationship between the UK and the EU. b. in the event of: if something specified should happen. ΚΠ 1725 Information for Thomas Earl of Dundonald 26 In the Event of the Lady's Predecease. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. ii. 34 He engaged that such a number of cardinals, partisans of France..should be nominated at the next promotion, as would secure to Henry the absolute disposal of the papacy, in the event of the pontiff's death. 1835 C. Dickens Let. ?29 Oct. (1965) I. 84 I have instructed the Bearer to wait for an answer, in the event of your being at home. 1873 Building News 17 Oct. 417/2 They [sc. bridges]..can be readily repaired in the event of disaster. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 391 The juridical and theological dilemma in the event of one Siamese twin predeceasing the other. 2003 V. Bowers In Path of Avalanche vi. 71 Her job was to maintain the cabin, pass on weather reports and avalanche bulletins, and, in the event of an emergency, operate the radio. c. in the event that: should it happen that; if. Also without that (chiefly U.S.). ΚΠ 1770 Lloyd's Evening Post 5 Dec. 546/3 The Author..lays down the properest methods for managing the war, in the event that matters should come to an extremity. 1820 Courier (London) 6 Apr. We warn the loyal and well-disposed inhabitants of this city [sc. Glasgow].., in the event that any rising, as is threatened, shall take place, to keep themselves and their families within doors. 1899 Virginia Law Reg. 4 808 The estate then..is only to go over to B in the event that A dies without issue. 1937 Tempo Nov. 3/2 What will happen in the event that a ‘dark horse’ enters the race is unpredictable. 1940 N. J. Eastman Expectant Motherhood vii. 108 In the event the bag of waters should break when you are downtown or some distance away from home, it is judicious to take a taxi direct to the hospital. 1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 42 8 Roll bar, a metal tubular structure over the cockpit which protects the driver in the event the car overturns. 1984 T. C. Boyle Budding Prospects (1985) iii. i. 130 This was his fire road—his escape route in the event that the primary road was blocked by fire. 2016 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 1 July 6 Mr Shorten was quizzed about whether he would remain leader after the election in the event that Labor lost. Compounds C1. With first element in singular form. a. (a) attributive and objective. With the sense ‘of or relating to a planned public, social, or sporting occasion’, as event calendar, event organization, event planning, etc. Cf. Compounds 2a. ΚΠ 1921 Community Boy Leadership (Boy Scouts of Amer.) xvi. 404 Event Organization. The organization for the actual performance for a public event..divides itself into four groups,..mobilization, property, medical, and records. 1925 Pittsburgh Courier 21 Mar. 4/1 The event calendar looms invitingly. Following last week's announcement of the April events, there are interesting additions. 1942 H. M. Baus Publicity iv. 134 Event publicity divides into advance publicity and spot coverage. 1966 H. L. Williams & C. L. French Committees are Fun Contents 11 Event planning and committee details for..Bazaars and Fairs. 1975 National Cal. Bicentennial Events (Amer. Revolution Bicentennial Administration) Foreword This event calendar is prepared and published by ARBA... It lists event details provided by sponsors and planners. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 July (Life section) 4/3 Snell has worked in travel consulting, event management, fashion marketing and staff training. 2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 29 Sept. e6/3 His dream job would be event-planning for elderly communities. (b) Objective. With the sense ‘designating a person responsible for planning a public, social, or sporting occasion’, as event coordinator, event manager, event organizer, event planner, etc. Cf. Compounds 2b. ΚΠ 1924 Washington Post 14 Jan. s1/3 Athletes are notably slow in sending in their names..until..the last minute, when the event managers are usually swamped. 1952 Humboldt Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 26 Apr. 10/4 Vice President Harold Prior..is event coordinator. 1968 N.Y. Times 24 Jan. (Late City ed.) l36/1 Computicket will give the event promotor the first terminal in his box office free of charge. 1969 Chicago Daily Defender 9 Sept. 3/3 (caption) Dorothy M. Frazier, another event planner. 1979 Managem. Rev. 1 June 35/1 Tournament promoters and event organizers' publicists need not have the sponsor's best interest at heart. 1998 A. Shone Business of Conf. xi. 145 An event manager..is responsible for the conference once the provisional enquiry becomes a confirmed booking. 2007 R. Greenberger Cool Careers without College for People who love to organize, manage, & Plan v. 53 (caption) Working as an event planner often involves the coordination of..decorators, musicians, entertainers, and caterers. b. event-driven adj. (a) Computing designating a program designed to respond to input provided by the user; of or relating to programs of this kind; (b) (more generally) motivated or determined by events; activated in response to events. ΚΠ 1967 Communications ACM 10 771 The event-driven aspect, which simplified the design and cut down system overhead considerably, has not yet created any appreciable problems in applications programming. 1981 ABA Banking Jrnl. (Nexis) Mar. 60 It seems to me that banks' trust operations departments have been event-driven rather than goal-driven or -directed. 1992 PC Mag 29 Sept. 386/2 If you really want to be writing full-blown, event-driven programs.., you should be writing a Windows program, not a hybrid DOS program. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 July 23/2 The novel is not so much plot-driven as event-driven. event-filled adj. containing many interesting or exciting events; eventful. ΚΠ 1935 PMLA 50 320 The contemporary age of train schedules, telephone exchanges, speeding automobiles, time-clock work days, and event-filled, active lives. 2014 B. Weber Life is Wheel x. 179 We..took off for what turned out to be the most vivid, event-filled four days I've ever had. event horizon n. (a) Physics the boundary of a region in space-time having the property that no event within that region can have a causal relationship with any external future event; esp. such a boundary associated with a black hole, beyond which neither electromagnetic waves nor matter can escape; (b) figurative a point of no return or at which something is not perceptible or knowable. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > black hole > [noun] > boundary of event horizon1956 Schwarzschild sphere1969 1956 W. Rindler in Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 116 663 An event-horizon, for a given fundamental observer A, is a (hyper-) surface in space-time which divides all events into two non-empty classes: those that have been, are, or will be observable by A, and those that are forever outside A's possible powers of observation. 1978 Financial Times 21 June 18/3 He has been pressing for greater recognition of the importance of the silicon chip revolution, and argues that we have crossed a major ‘event horizon’. 1986 M. K. Munitz Cosmic Understanding v. 167 The observable universe will also have an event horizon. 1998 K. Eshun More Brilliant than Sun v. 67 The beat is the ballast which prevents escape velocity, which stops music breaking beyond the event horizon. 2008 T. Bevel & R. M. Gardner Bloodstain Pattern Anal. (ed. 3) xiv. 319 The crime scene analyst's event horizon is the why of crime; it is a point beyond which we cannot see. 2016 Daily Mail (Nexis) 30 June (Science section) Black holes do not give off any light beyond their event horizon, meaning they cannot be observed directly and can only be inferred by their effect on objects around them. event-particle n. Physics (now historical and rare) (in or with reference to the works of mathematician and philosopher A. N. Whitehead) an instantaneous occurrence in space-time, having no extent in either space or time; = point-event n. at point n.¹ Compounds 2.Proposed as an abstraction of an event, analogous to the notion of a point in geometry. ΚΠ 1919 A. N. Whitehead Enq. Princ. Nat. Knowl. iii. x. 121 An event-particle is an instantaneous point viewed in the guise of an atomic event. The punct which an event-particle covers gives it an absolute position in the instantaneous space of any moment in which it lies. 1933 Mind 42 161 The instantaneous punctiform ‘event-particles’ of certain modern theories. 2014 B. E. Bannon From Mastery to Myst. 186 An analogy might be viewing a film frame by frame. In this case, each frame would capture an event-particle. event-related potential n. Physiology an electrical signal (recorded by electroencephalography) which is characteristic of brain activity associated with a particular external or internal event; abbreviated ERP. ΚΠ 1969 H. G. Vaughan in Average Evoked Potentials: Conf. Amer. Inst. Biol. Sci. & NASA 1968 ii. 46 The term ‘event-related potentials’ (ERP) is proposed to designate the general class of potentials that display stable time relationships to a definable reference event. 1990 Child Devel. 61 1203/1 Other techniques for measuring hemispheric asymmetry during information processing, such as event-related potential recording, might help in the future to answer these questions. 2008 New Yorker 10 Nov. 69/1 The earliest technique, measuring what's known as an event-related potential, or E.R.P., charts the brain's electrical activity, using an electrode-studded skullcap. event tree n. a type of tree diagram representing the possible subsequent events and consequences of a particular event (esp. an accident or other hazardous situation) and the risk involved; frequently attributive, esp. in event tree analysis. ΚΠ 1967 Jrnl. Finance 22 587 For illustrative purposes, the same cost of capital rate was used to discount the subsequent cash flows for each event-tree. 1985 S. Simpson in Applic. Risk Anal. to Offshore Oil & Gas Operations: Proc. Internat. Workshop (U.S. National Bureau Standards) App. 6. 183 Risk analysis..refers to the use of formalized techniques such as failure modes and effects analysis, Fault and Event Tree analyses, etc. 2008 D. T. L. Yung Princ. Fire Risk Assessm. in Buildings iv. 43 An event tree for the judgement of probability, consequence and risk rating for the various fire scenarios resulting from a fire..in an apartment building. C2. With first element in plural form. a. attributive and objective. With the sense ‘of or relating to a series of planned public, social, or sporting occasions’, as events calendar, events planning, events programme, etc. ΚΠ 1909 Washington Post 12 Mar. 8/3 The five professional skaters..that will take part in the three nights' events schedule include Baptie, Wood, [etc.]. 1932 Chester (Pa.) Times 8 Nov. 8/3 Two monthly business meetings are featured today on the events calendar of Madison Street Methodist Episcopal Church. 1979 Guardian 30 Apr. 18/3 (advt.) The working pattern of the job..will obviously be dictated by the events programme. 1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 July (Home section) t18 To keep up in the highly competitive field of events-planning in Washington, Pangburn specializes in unusual party themes. 1998 Warwick Boar 3 Feb. 16/4 An events bill which included sprinting, middle-distance running, a gym test, and a 2000 metre race on rowing machines. 2001 C. Warkentin Reshaping World Politics iii. 52 On-site links to..guidelines for starting an Earth Island project, an events calendar, a bookstore, and more. 2014 H. Browne Honeymoon Hotel 377 ‘Would I be overseeing the whole events program?’ I asked in a calm voice. b. Objective. With the sense ‘designating a person responsible for planning public, social, or sporting occasions’, as events coordinator, events planner, etc. ΚΠ 1955 Humboldt (Eureka, Calif.) Standard May (Vacation Special section) 5/6 12th Annual Arcata Junior Fair... Glenna J. LaCaze, manager; Ralph Barnes, events manager. 1957 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 4 May a7/1 Committee heads named are Earl Weyrick.., events coordinator, and Dick Chase,..publicity director. 1962 Guardian 8 Jan. 6/6 Mr. Fred Morgan, who as ‘events secretary’ used to be one of the most energetic members of staff of the National Union of Students. 1968 Fairborn (Ohio) Daily Herald 23 Feb. 6/3 (heading) PI Officer Is Events Planner For Command. 2000 H. Simpson Hey Yeah Right (2001) 92 Her latest talk was of being an events organiser, of how she was going to have a portfolio career and lots of fun. 2014 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Aug. Suppl. 7 Events planners can note Melton Estate is well set up for corporate events with a business savvy conference space set amongst the vines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † eventv.¹ Forms: 1500s euente, 1500s event, 1500s–1600s euent. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French eventer. Etymology: < Middle French eventer, French éventer to discharge or expel (something) through an outlet (a1480; 12th cent. in Old French as esventer in senses ‘to discover (something)’ and ‘to air’) < es- es- prefix + vent wind (see vent n.²). Compare earlier eventing n.¹ Compare also earlier avent v., vent v.², and eventation n.Compare post-classical Latin eventare to rid (an organ) of wind, to exhale (vapour) (6th cent.; 13th cent. in British sources), and also Old Occitan esventar, eventar (13th cent.). Obsolete. 1. transitive. To discharge or expel (something) through an outlet; to vent. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > by exposing to air event1559 eventilate1601 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clifford f. lxiii^v To event the heat that had me nye vndoen. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 22^v Withe meane to euente the flame that wyll no longer smother, but bulke out into open show, he makes open declaracion of that whiche he can no longer conceile. 1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) iii. sig. G2 Till he [sc. Phœbus] finde opposde, A loose and rorid vapour that is fit T'euent his searching beames. 2. intransitive. To be discharged or expelled through an outlet; to find a vent. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > of something confined to run outeOE aventc1375 escapec1450 avoid1483 evacue?1541 vent1541 event1609 disemboguea1625 evacuate1643 extravasate1677 1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd iii. sig. I The place from whence that scalding sigh euented . View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † eventv.² Forms: 1500s–1600s euent, 1600s event. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ēvent-, ēvenīre. Etymology: < classical Latin ēvent-, past participial stem of ēvenīre (see evene v.). Compare earlier event n. and later evene v.The following is quoted by C. Richardson New Dict. Eng. Lang. (1836) and hence later dictionaries as an instance of the transitive use of the verb. However, the correct reading appears to be invented:1585 T. Wilson Art of Rhetorique (new ed.) 11 Deedes doen by worthy men, and pollicies euented [1584 enuented; earlier edd. inuented] by great Warriors. Obsolete. transitive. To cause (something) to happen. Also intransitive: to happen, occur; to come to pass. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] becomec888 i-tidec888 falleOE ywortheOE i-limp975 belimpOE i-timeOE worthOE tidea1131 goa1200 arearc1275 syec1275 betide1297 fere1297 risea1350 to come aboutc1350 overcomea1382 passa1393 comea1400 to come in (also to, on, etc.) placea1400 eschew?a1400 chevec1400 shapec1400 hold1462 to come (also go) to pass1481 proceed?1518 occura1522 bechance1527 overpass1530 sorta1535 succeed1537 adventurec1540 to fall toc1540 success1545 to fall forth1569 fadge1573 beword?1577 to fall in1578 happen1580 event1590 arrive1600 offer1601 grow1614 fudge1615 incur1626 evene1654 obvene1654 to take place1770 transpire1775 to go on1873 to show up1879 materialize1885 break1914 cook1932 to go down1946 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 15 An English Historie acted and euented in my Countrey of England. 1649 H. Hammond Vindic. Addresse 13 To teach their Disciples apathy, or courage against whatsoever events. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). eventv.³ Brit. /ᵻˈvɛnt/, U.S. /əˈvɛnt/, /iˈvɛnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: event n. Etymology: < event n., after eventing n.², eventer n. Equestrianism. 1. intransitive. Of a horse or rider: to take part in eventing competitions. See eventing n.² ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > take part in equestrian sports except racing [verb (intransitive)] > take part in horse trials event1969 1969 Times 17 Oct. 19/7 Sergeant Martin of the King's Troop was runner up..on Bicester, who when he is not eventing is a lead horse in one of the troop's gun carriage teams. 1970 V. Batchelor & J. Longland Horse Trials Horses ix. 76 When she was only thirteen she was eventing with a horse called Foxtrot. 1976 Horse & Hound 10 Dec. 71/1 (advt.) T.B. chestnut gelding..sound and with potential to point-to-point or event. 2004 Financial Times 28 Aug. w1/2 I have showjumped, evented, and dipped a toe in dressage. 2. transitive. To enter or ride (a horse) in eventing competitions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > take part in equestrian sports except racing [verb (transitive)] > enter or ride in trials event1971 1971 Irish Times 25 Oct. 15/5 (advt.) ‘Pete’ 8 year old grey gelding... Ideal pony for advanced child rider. Hunted and Pony Club Evented. 1975 Horse & Hound 18 Apr. 67/3 (advt.) Wanted for 16 year old boy to event/hunt. An approx 16 hands..horse. 1989 Chron. Horse 1 Sept. 46/1 (advt.) Gelding..formerly owned and evented by Lucinda Green, Novice and Intermediate. 2004 Horse & Hound 8 Jan. 61/4 I hope to event her this year, as she has such a good jump and is now consistently placed in dressage. 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