1. Something that happens at a given place and time
   "The lunar eclipse was a spectacular celestial event"
    
2. A special set of circumstances
   "in that event, the first possibility is excluded";
   - case
    
3. (physics) a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
   "The collision of two particles was recorded as a single event in the particle accelerator"
    
4. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   "he acted very wise after the event";
   - consequence, effect, outcome, result, issue, upshot
    
5. (computing) a possible action that the user can perform, monitored by an application or the operating system
   "The button click event triggered the function"

Derived forms: events

Type of: abstract entity, abstraction, circumstance, phenomenon, physical phenomenon

Encyclopedia: Event, metaphor, memory