EVENT
What does "EVENT" mean?
A thing that happens, especially one of importance.
Meanings
- Something that takes place; an occurrence. The storm was the biggest event of the summer.
- A planned public or social occasion. Tickets for the charity event sold out in an hour.
- A single contest within a larger programme, as in sport. She qualified for three events at the championships.
- A point specified by a time and place in spacetime. In relativity, an event is a single location at a single moment. technical
Word origin
From Latin 'eventus' (outcome, occurrence), from 'evenire' meaning 'to come out, happen', built from 'e-' (out) plus 'venire' (to come).
Remember it
EVENT hides VENT: every event lets something out into the open.
A little poem
Chairs in neat rows wait-
then the doors open, and time
stops being ordinary.
haiku
Wordplay
- I planned an event about punctuality, but nobody came on time - which was, technically, the main event.
What it teaches
An event is only the visible flicker; the real story is the long ordinary stretch on either side of it.
Quick facts
What does EVENT mean?
A thing that happens, especially one of importance.
Is EVENT a valid word?
Yes — EVENT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EVENT?
EVENT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EVENT come from?
From Latin 'eventus' (outcome, occurrence), from 'evenire' meaning 'to come out, happen', built from 'e-' (out) plus 'venire' (to come).
What can EVENT teach us?
An event is only the visible flicker; the real story is the long ordinary stretch on either side of it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.