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
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