“events” is a form of
event
/ɪˈvɛnt/ noun, verb
Forms events eventing evented
- noun An occurrence; something that happens. “In the event of strong wind…”
- noun A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) “I went to an event in San Francisco last week.”
- noun One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
- noun An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases). “In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.”
- noun (figurative, uncommon, dated) A remarkable person.
- noun (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
- noun (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
- noun (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
- verb (obsolete) To occur, take place.
- verb (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
- verb (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.
Synonyms
circumstance sensation case consequence effect outcome result issue upshot
Etymology
From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.
From French éventer.
Webster’s 1913
- noun That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay.
- noun An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [Obs.] "Leave we him to his events." Shak.
- verb To break forth. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Etymology [L. eventus, fr. evenire to happen, come out; e out + venire to come. See Come.]
Etymology [F. éventer to fan, divulge, LL. eventare to fan, fr., L. e out + ventus wind.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “event”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details