event /i-ventˈ/

1. Anything which happens
2. Result
3. Any incident or occurrence, esp a memorable one
4. Contingency or possibility of occurrence
5. An item in a programme (of sports, etc)
6. A type of horse-riding competition, often held over three days (three-day event), consisting of three sections, ie dressage, cross-country riding and showjumping
7. Fortune or fate (obsolete)
8. An organized activity at a particular venue, eg for sales promotion, fund-raising, etc

To ride in a horse-riding event

eventˈer noun

1. A horse trained to take part in events
2. The rider of such a horse, eg three-day eventer

eventˈful adjective

1. Full of events
2. Memorable, momentous

eventˈfully adverb

eventˈfulness noun

eventˈing noun

1. Taking part in riding events
2. The sport of horse-riding in three-day events

eventˈless adjective

eventˈlessness noun

eventˈūal adjective

1. Happening as a consequence
2. Final, after a time

eventūalˈity noun

1. An occurrence or happening
2. A contingency
3. The faculty of observing the order or chronology of events (phrenology)

eventˈūalize or eventˈūalise intransitive verb

1. To happen
2. To come into being

eventˈūally adverb

1. Finally
2. At length, after some time

eventˈūate intransitive verb

To turn out

eventūāˈtion noun

event horizon noun (astronomy)

The boundary of a black hole, from inside which no normal energy can escape

at all events or in any event

No matter what happens, anyway

in the event

1. As things turn or turned out
2. If it should turn out (that)

in the event of

In the case of (a specified thing happening)

• outbursting
• outbursts
• outby
• outbye
• outcast
• outcaste
• outcasted
• outcastes
• outcasting
• outcasts
• outclass
• outclassed
• outclasses
• outclassing
• out cold
• outcome
• outcomes
• outcompete
• outcompeted
• outcompetes
• outcompeting
• outcraftied
• outcrafties
• outcrafty
• outcraftying