event (events plural )
1 n-count An event is something that happens, especially when it is unusual or important. You can use events to describe all the things that are happening in a particular situation.
...the events of Black Wednesday..., A new book by Grass is always an event.
2 n-count An event is a planned and organized occasion, for example a social gathering or a sports match.
usu with supp
...major sporting events., ...our programme of lectures and social events.
3 n-count An event is one of the races or competitions that are part of an organized occasion such as a sports meeting.
A solo piper opens Aberdeen Highland Games at 10am and the main events start at 1pm.
4 You use in the event of, in the event that, and in that event when you are talking about a possible future situation, especially when you are planning what to do if it occurs.
in the event of/that phrase
The bank has agreed to give an immediate refund in the unlikely event of an error being made...
5 You say in any event after you have been discussing a situation, in order to indicate that what you are saying is true or possible, in spite of anything that has happened or may happen.
in any event phrase PHR with cl
(=anyway)
In any event, the bowling alley restaurant proved quite acceptable.
6 You say in the event after you have been discussing what could have happened in a particular situation, in order to indicate that you are now describing what actually did happen. (BRIT)
in the event phrase PHR with cl `Don't underestimate us', Norman Willis warned last year. There was, in the event, little danger of that.
field event (field events plural )A field event is an athletics contest such as the high jump or throwing the discus or javelin, rather than a race. n-count
non-event (non-events plural )
in AM, also use nonevent If you say that something was a non-event, you mean that it was disappointing or dull, especially when this was not what you had expected. n-count
(=anticlimax)
Unfortunately, the entire evening was a total non-event.
track event (track events plural )A track event is an event in athletics which involves running or walking around a racetrack, in contrast to events that involve only jumping or throwing. n-count
