event 
event definition
event (ē vent′, i-)
noun
- a happening or occurrence, esp. when important
- a particular contest or item in a program the pole vault, high jump, and other events
- any organized activity, celebration, etc. for members of the general public or a particular group the social event of the year
- Archaic a result; outcome
Etymology: OFr < L eventus, event, pp. of evenire, to happen < e-, out + venire, come
event Idioms
in any event
no matter what happens; anyhow
also at all events
in the event
Chiefly Brit. as it turns out or turned out
in the event of
if there should happen to be; in case of
in the event that
if it should happen that
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