event

Universal Words noun 1 a thing that happens, especially sth important: The election was the main event of 1999. * In the light of later events the decision was proved right. * The decisions we take now may influence the course of events (= the way things happen) in the future. * He found that the report he had written had been overtaken by events (= it was no longer RELEVANT). * Everyone was frightened by the strange sequence of events. * The police have reconstructed the chain of events leading to the murder. * In the normal course of events (= if things had happened as expected) she would have gone with him. * an unfortunate series of events 2 a planned public or social occasion: a fund-raising event * the social event of the year 3 one of the races or competitions in a sports programme: The 800 metres is the fourth event of the afternoon. seealsoFIELDEVENT, TRACKEVENT IDIOMS in any event