life eventnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈlaɪf ɪˌvent/us/ˈlaɪf ɪˌvent/a very important event in someone's life, such as marriage, the birth of a child, or the death of a family member:
Moving house can be a very stressful life event.
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Events and occurrences
- -athon
- a close call idiom
- a close/near thing idiom
- action
- all-nighter
- back story
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageant idiom
- call
- development
- event
- goings-on
- happening
- incident
- jamboree
- milestone
- past
- spectacle
- synchronicity
- to-ing and fro-ing
- turn of events
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