event

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   medical episodenouncountable

   A time when someone has a serious health problem, such as a heart attack.

   After his second cardiac event, the doctors changed his medication.

   The study counted every serious health event, such as a heart attack or a stroke.

   Similarepisode, attack

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   computingnouncountable

   Something that happens, like a click or a page finishing loading, that a program notices and reacts to.

   Like ringing a doorbell: the bell lets the house know someone is there.

   When you click the button, the program responds to that event.

   A click event tells the app which button the user pressed.

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   probabilitynouncountable

   A group of possible results chosen from all the results that could happen.

   Like choosing 'rolling a 2 or a 4' out of all the numbers a die could show.

   Rolling an even number is one event when you throw a die.

   We can work out the chance of any event we pick.

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   remarkable personnoundatedfigurativelycountable

   A person who is amazing and stands out from everyone else.

   Miss Burton, you are an event! Sleepy, old Lymston's going to love you! Bye-bye. Bye.

   1985, Miss Marple: The Moving Finger, spoken by Mr. Pye (Richard Pearson)Here, event means a remarkable, unusual person.

   Similarsensation

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   nounobsolete

   Something you are busy with, like a piece of work or business.

   Leave we him to his events.

   c. 1603, William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”Here, events means business or affairs someone is dealing with.

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    verbobsolete

    To happen or take place.

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    verbobsoleteintransitive

    To be breathed out into the air, or to slowly turn into vapor.

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    verbobsoletetransitive

    To open something up so that fresh air can reach it.

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    noun

    A single point in space and time, fixed by where and when it happens.