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Meaning of event | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ᵻˈvɛnt

Definitions

  1. An occurrence; something that happens
  2. An occurrence; something that happens.
  3. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
  4. In any case.
  5. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition
  6. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
  7. In any case: In any event, the audience seemed pleased with your performance.
  8. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases)
  9. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
  10. If it should happen; in case: In the event of an emergency, call 911.
  11. A remarkable person
  12. A remarkable person.
    dated, figuratively, uncommon
  13. (negative uneventful) full of events; exciting. We had an eventful day. merkwaardige, avontuurlike, belangrike مَليء بالحَوادِث динамичен acidentado rušný ereignisreich begivenhedsrig πολυτάραχοςlleno sündmusrikas پرحادثه tapahtumarikas mouvementé רַב-אֵירוּעִים घटनापूर्ण uzbudljiv, pun događaja eseménydús menarik viðburðaríkur movimentato 出来事の多い 사건이 많은 pilnas įvykių notikumiem bagāts penuh aktviti veelbewogenbegivenhetsrik bogaty w wydarzenia له پېښوډك.، له حادثو ډك، مهم acidentado plin de e...
    negative
  14. A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
  15. in any case. At all events, we can't make things worse than they already are. in alle geval في كُل الأحْوال، في أي حال във всеки случай de qualquer modo v každém případě jedenfalls under alle omstændigheder έτσι κι αλλιώς pase lo que pase igal juhul در هر صورت missään tapauksessa en tout cas בְּכָל מִקרֶה किसी शर्त पर u svakom slučaju mindenesetre dalam keadaan apa pun hvernig sem fer in ogni caso いずれにしても 어떤 경우에도 kad ir kaip ten būtų katrā ziņā walau apa sekalipun in elk gevali alle tilfeller...
  16. A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
  17. if that happens. In that event you must do as he says. as dit gebeur إذا حَدَث ذلِك، في تِلْكَ الحالَه в този случай nesse caso v tom případě in diesem Fall i så tilfælde; i det tilfælde σε τέτοια περίπτωση en ese caso sel juhul اگر چنین اتفاق بیافتد siinä tapauksessa dans ce cas בְּמִקרֶה זֶה अगर ऐसा होता है u tom slučaju vmi esetén kalau begitu ef svo fer, í því tilfelli in quel caso その場合には 그 경우에는 tuo atveju tajā gadījumā jika ini terjadi in dat gevali så fall w takim razie که داسی واقع کیږ...
  18. A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
  19. in the end, as it happened/happens / may happen. In the event, I did not need to go to hospital. in daardie geval في النِّهايَه в случай на no final das contas koneckonců schließlich da det kom til stykket στο τέλος, τελικά resultó que, al final tegelikult چنانچه؛ آنطور که پیداست lopulta en fin de compte בְּמִקרֶה שֶׁ- अंत में na kraju, kako se dogodilo végül is akhirnya þegar til kom alla fine 結局は 결국 baigtis tuo, kad galų gale galu galā akhirnya uiteindelijkda det kom til stykket, til slutto...
  20. An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
    obsolete
  21. if (something) occurs. In the event of his death, you will inherit his money. as dit sou gebeur dat في حالَةِ حُدوث، إذا حَدَثَ в случай, че no caso de v případě im Falle i tilfælde af σε περίπτωση en caso de (millegi) puhul در صورت mikäli au cas oû בְּמִקרֶה שֶׁל- अगर ऐसा कुछ होता है u slučaju da vmi esetén seandainya ef, ef svo fer, fari svo nell'eventualità di, in caso di ~の場合には 만일 …의 경우에는 jei, (kokiu nors) atveju gadījumā, ja jika sesuatu berlaku in het geval van i tilfelle av, dersom w p...
  22. An episode of severe health conditions.
  23. Something that takes place, especially a significant occurrence. See Synonyms at occurrence.
  24. Sports A contest in a sports competition, such as a meet: swimming events.
    Sports

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca hadisə olay
Беларуская падзея
Български събитие
বাংলা ঘটনা
Bosanski kiša program
Català esdeveniment
Čeština jev událost
Cymraeg digwyddiad
Ελληνικά γεγονός συμβάν
Esperanto evento okazaĵo
Eesti šeik
Suomi ilmiö tapahtuma tapaus tilaisuus
Gàidhlig tuiteamas
עברית אירוע
हिन्दी घटना प्रसंग
Hrvatski kiša program
Bahasa Indonesia Kejadian
Íslenska atburður atvik
Italiano accadimento accidente evento fatto
Қазақша оқиға
한국어 사건 이벤트 행사
Kurdî hadîse jev program yarî
Кыргызча окуя
Latina eventum fors
ລາວ ເຫດການ
Latviešu gadījums notikums
Македонски настан
Bahasa Melayu peristiwa
Nederlands evenement gebeurtenis
Português acidente evento
Română eveniment
Slovenščina dogodek
Shqip ngjarje
Српски kiša program
Kiswahili kisa tukio
Тоҷикӣ моҷаро
Türkmençe hadysa
Tagalog pangyayari yari
Türkçe hadise olay vaka
ئۇيغۇرچە ھادىسە ۋەقە
Українська захід подія
Oʻzbekcha hodisa voqea
Tiếng Việt sự kiện sự việc

Examples

“In the event of strong wind…”
“the events of his early years”
“Experience in Australia indicates that after a devastating weather event, up to one-fifth of people suffer the debilitating effects of extreme stress, emotional injury, and despair.”
“I went to an event in San Francisco last week.”
“Where will the event be held?”
“hard beginnings have many times prosperous events […].”
“Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire Event.”
“dark doubts between the promise and event”
“In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.”
“Miss Burton, you are an event! Sleepy, old Lymston's going to love you! Bye-bye. Bye.”
“If X is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: X=1, X=2, X>5,X̸=4, and X isin 1,3,5.”
“Leave we him to his events.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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