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1. In the event of is a somewhat awkward prepositional phrase used in British English to mean 'if such-and-such (should happen)'. It is followed by a noun or verbal noun:

The 12 members of the Basle central bankers' club have made reciprocal arrangements to make short-term loans to each other in the event of any currency coming under severe pressure—Times, 1968

Every manned space flight...has a back-up crew, to replace the prime crew in the event of illness or death—R. Turnill, 1970

In the event of a strike, it will not be able to fulfil its contract obligations—Birmingham Post, 2007.

The expression has picked up some bad vibes from its extended form in the unlikely event, familiar to air travellers from its euphemistic reference to danger: In the unlikely event of a landing on water....

2. In American English, and in the language of law and business also in British English, the phrase is in the event (that), used as a conjunction:

A metal tubular structure over the cockpit which protects the driver in the event the car overturns—Publications of the American Dialect Society, 1964

Parties should consider at the outset the payment of their advisers' fees in the event that the transaction aborts—D. J. Cooke, 1993.

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An action initiated either by the user or the computer. An example of a user event is any mouse movement or a keystroke. An example of an internally generated event is a notification based on the time of day. See event driven, event handler and event management system.

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1. in program evaluation and review technique (pert) , point in time that represents the start or completion of a set of activities.


2. in probability theory, one or more of the possible outcomes of doing something. For example, if a coin is tossed, getting a tail would be an event, and getting a head would be another event.


3. happening indicating a business transaction requiring a journal entry has occurred.

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noun

1. Something that happens: circumstance, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happen.
2. Something significant that happens: circumstance, development, episode, happening, incident, news, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happen.
3. Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See cause/effect.
4. Something having real, demonstrable existence: actuality, fact, phenomenon, reality. See real/imaginary.

n

Definition: effect, result
Antonyms: cause, source

In a CPM arrow diagram, the starting point for an activity; occurs only when all work preceding it has been performed.

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A change or happening. The central debate in the philosophy of events is whether they are to be thought of as individuals, like objects, capable of date and place and capable of being described in different ways, or whether they are more like propositions or facts, whose identity depends essentially on the concepts in which they are framed. On the former model it may prove easier to understand how events can cause things, and how one event (e.g. a commotion in the brain) may be identical with another (e.g. being struck by a thought). The latter model assimilates events to facts, so that just as it can be a fact that the admiral did not arrive, his non-arrival can be a significant event (not at all a non-event) which may have its own causes and effects. Similarly there can exist disjunctive events (John's going to India or China) or quantificational events (Mary's finding a job, i.e. there being some job-finding by Mary).

IN BRIEF: Anything that happens.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event. — Brian Tracy.

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Quotes:

"The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion." - Oscar Wilde

"One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable." - Salman Rushdie

"Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents." - Edward Hoagland

"The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events." - John Kenneth Galbraith

"In the world we live in everything militates in favor of things that have not yet happened, of things that will never happen again." - Andre Breton

"A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth -- either epileptic or dead." - Jean Baudrillard

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1. an equine contest other than a race, e.g. a 3-day event.
2. in statistics the outcome of a random experiment.

• e. diary — pocket diary designed for farmer use to record all events necessary to complete farm records kept for health and production surveillance purposes.
• e. horse — a horse suitable for use in 3-day events and similar contests.

For a list of words related to event, see:

• Cosmology - event: specific point in space-time
• Celebrations, Observances, Rites, and Gatherings - event: noteworthy social occasion

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - begivenhed, resultat, disciplin, stævne, isoleret fænomen

idioms:

• at all events    under alle omstændigheder
• in any event    under alle omstændigheder
• in that event    i tilfælde af
• in the event    sluttelig
• in the event of    i tilfælde af
• in the event that    i tilfælde af
• turn of events    begivenhedernes forløb

Nederlands (Dutch)
gebeurtenis, geval, resultaat, evenement, manifestatie

Français (French)
n. - événement, cas, (Jur) cas, (Sport) épreuve, course

idioms:

• at all events    en tous cas, de toute façon
• in any event    en tous cas, de toute façon
• in that event    dans ce cas
• in the event    dans le cas, en l'occurrence, en fait, en réalité
• in the event of    au cas où, dans le cas où, pour le cas où
• in the event that    au cas où, en cas de
• turn of events    tournure des événements

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ereignis, Veranstaltung, Wettkampf

idioms:

• at all events    auf jeden Fall
• in any event    auf jeden Fall
• in that event    in dem Fall
• in the event    im Falle
• in the event of    im Falle
• in the event that    im Falle daß
• turn of events    Entwicklung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμβάν, γεγονός, περίπτωση, επακόλουθο, έκβαση, (αθλητ.) αγώνισμα, άθλημα

idioms:

• at all events    σε κάθε περίπτωση, όπως και να 'χει, ό, τι και να γίνει
• in any event    ό, τι κι αν συμβεί
• in that event    σ' αυτή την περίπτωση
• in the event    τελικά
• in the event of    σε περίπτωση που, στο ενδεχόμενο που
• in the event that    σε περίπτωση που, στο ενδεχόμενο που
• turn of events    τροπή των γεγονότων

Italiano (Italian)
evento, vicenda, avvenimento

idioms:

• at all events    in ogni evenienza
• in any event    in ogni caso
• in that event    in quel caso
• in the event    nel caso
• in the event of    qualora
• in the event that    nel caso che

Português (Portuguese)
n. - acontecimento (m), evento (m), resultado (m)

idioms:

• at all events    em qualquer caso, aconteça o que acontecer
• in any event    de qualquer forma
• in that event    nesse caso
• in the event    em conclusão
• in the event of    no caso de
• in the event that    na hipótese de
• turn of events    acontecimento (m) inesperado

Русский (Russian)
событие, случай, мероприятие, зрелище, спортивное соревнование, эпизод

idioms:

• at all events    во всяком случае
• in any event    во всяком случае, так или иначе
• in that event    в этом случае
• in the event    в конечном счете
• in the event of    в случае
• in the event that    в том случае, если
• turn of events    развитие событий

Español (Spanish)
n. - suceso, evento, ocurrencia, acontecimiento

idioms:

• at all events    en todo caso, de todos modos, pase lo que pase
• in any event    en cualquier caso
• in that event    en ese caso
• in the event    en el caso
• in the event of    en caso de que
• in the event that    en caso de que
• turn of events    giro de los acontecimientos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - händelse, tilldragelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
事件, 竞赛, 结果

idioms:

• at all events    无论如何
• in any event    无论如何
• in that event    如果是那样的话
• in the event    结果, 如果
• in the event of    如果...发生
• in the event that    如果..., 假如...
• turn of events    情况改变

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 事件, 競賽, 結果

idioms:

• at all events    無論如何
• in any event    無論如何
• in that event    如果是那樣的話
• in the event    結果, 如果
• in the event of    如果...發生
• in the event that    如果..., 假如...
• turn of events    情況改變

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사건, 결과, 종목

idioms:

• at all events    아무튼
• in any event    어쨌든
• in that event    그런 경우에는
• in the event    결국
• in the event of    만일 ~의 경우에는
• in the event that    만약 ~의 경우에는
• turn of events    (사건 등의) 특정 진행 방향

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 発生, 出来事, 事件, 事象, 種目, 成り行き, 結果, イベント

idioms:

• at all events    何れにしても
• in any event    とにかく
• in that event    その場合には
• in the event    結局
• in the event of    場合には
• in the event that    万一…の場合には, 場合に備えて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حدث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מאורע, אירוע, מקרה, תחרות‬

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