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# event

«event» in Mova's school dictionary: **something that happens, especially something important or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an event, events)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An event is something that happens, especially something important or unusual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#m1)

2) An event is a planned occasion, like a party, concert or sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#m2)

3) An event is one race or competition in a sports programme, like the 100 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#m3)

4) At all events means anyway, whatever happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and probability, an event is a result or set of results you want to find the chance of, e.g. «the event of rolling an even number». In history, events are put in order on a timeline. In stories, the events are what happens in the plot, told in sequence. At school, sports day has events like the sack race and long jump. Phrases: «in the event of» (if something happens), «in any event», «current events», «sports event», «main event», «sequence of events».

### examples

- The school fair is a big event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x1)
- Put the events of the story in order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x2)
- The fire drill tells us what to do in the event of a fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x3)
- My favourite event at sports day is the egg-and-spoon race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x4)
- Rolling a six is an event with a chance of one in six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x5)
- The moon landing was an amazing event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x6)
- Write the events on a timeline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x7)
- In any event, we'll meet at the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x8)
- I must tell of the great event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/#x9)

### note

Plural events. Starts with a vowel sound, so «an event». Stress on the second syllable: «ee-VENT». «In the event of» (formal) means «if ... happens».

### In the corpora

- [Energy bills pay for gas and electricity, and their prices rise and fall with world events.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/13/)
- [Sometimes a relative is left out of a family event after an argument the grown-ups think is private.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/17/)
- [The news mostly reports the worst and most urgent events, because that is what feels important to report.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/9/)
- [One event is often shown many times on different channels and phones; ten showings of a bombed building are still one building.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/10/)
- [A bot's knowledge may be out of date about matches, events and dates, and it may not search the web.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «event» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/event/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.