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 →

2) An event is a planned occasion, like a party, concert or sports day. tree →

3) An event is one race or competition in a sports programme, like the 100 metres. tree →

4) At all events means anyway, whatever happens. tree →

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 →
• Put the events of the story in order. tree →
• The fire drill tells us what to do in the event of a fire. tree →
• My favourite event at sports day is the egg-and-spoon race. tree →
• Rolling a six is an event with a chance of one in six. tree →
• The moon landing was an amazing event. tree →
• Write the events on a timeline. tree →
• In any event, we'll meet at the gate. tree →
• I must tell of the great event. tree →

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.
• Sometimes a relative is left out of a family event after an argument the grown-ups think is private.
• The news mostly reports the worst and most urgent events, because that is what feels important to report.
• One event is often shown many times on different channels and phones; ten showings of a bombed building are still one building.
• A bot's knowledge may be out of date about matches, events and dates, and it may not search the web.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «event» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.