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Event : (noun)
1: something that happens at a given place and time
2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first
possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the
picnic will be canceled" [syn: case]
3: a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the
fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
4: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod
was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences
for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn:
consequence, effect, outcome, result, issue, upshot]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Event : \E*vent"\, n. [L. eventus, fr. evenire to happen, come
out; e out _ venire to come. See Come.]
1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls
out; any incident, good or bad. ``The events of his early
years.'' --Macaulay.
To watch quietly the course of events. --Jowett
(Thucyd. )
There is one event to the righteous, and to the
wicked. --Eccl. ix. 2.
2. An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [Obs.] ``Leave we
him to his events.'' --Shak.
3. The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion;
result; that in which an action, operation, or series of
operations, terminates.
Dark doubts between the promise and event. --Young.
Syn: Incident; occurrence; adventure; issue; result;
termination; consequence; conclusion.
Usage: Event, Occurrence, Incident, Circumstance. An
event denotes that which arises from a preceding state
of things. Hence we speak or watching the event; of
tracing the progress of events. An occurrence has no
reference to any antecedents, but simply marks that
which meets us in our progress through life, as if by
chance, or in the course of divine providence. The
things which thus meet us, if important, are usually
connected with antecedents; and hence event is the
leading term. In the ``Declaration of Independence''
it is said, ``When, in the cource of human events, it
becomes necessary.'' etc. Here, occurrences would be
out of place. An incident is that which falls into a
state of things to which is does not primarily belong;
as, the incidents of a journey. The term is usually
applied to things of secondary importance. A
circumstance is one of the things surrounding us in
our path of life. These may differ greatly in
importance; but they are always outsiders, which
operate upon us from without, exerting greater or less
influence according to their intrinsic importance. A
person giving an account of a campaign might dwell on
the leading events which it produced; might mention
some of its striking occurrences; might allude to some
remarkable incidents which attended it; and might give
the details of the favorable or adverse circumstances
which marked its progress.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Event : \E*vent"\, v. t. [F. ['e]venter to fan, divulge, LL.
eventare to fan, fr., L. e out _ ventus wind.]
To break forth. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Event :
1. An occurrence or happening of significance to a
task or program, such as the completion of an asynchronous
input/output operation. A task may wait for an event or any
of a set of events or it may (request to) receive asynchronous
notification (a signal or interrupt) that the event has
occurred.
See also event-driven.
2. A transaction or other activity that affects the
records in a file.
(2000-02-09)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Event : Event: A set of outcomes. Cardiovascular events might include a heart attack and gastrointestinal events a GI bleed. The use of the term "event" in medicine comes from probability theory.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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