social event

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Noun

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social event - an event characteristic of persons forming groupsevent - something that happens at a given place and timeshow - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"social function, social occasion, occasion, affair, function - a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants