ɪˈvent n. 1 a
thing that happens or takes
place,
esp.
one of
importance. 2 a
the fact of a thing's occurring. b a
result or
outcome. 3 an
item in a sports
programme, or the programme as a
whole. 4
Physics a
single occurrence of a process, e.g. the
ionization of one
atom. 5
something on the result of
which money is staked. øat
all events (or in
any event)
whatever happens. event
horizon Astron. the
gravitational boundary enclosing a
black hole,
from which no
light escapes. in the event as it turns (or turned)
out. in the event of if (a specified thing) happens. in the event that disp. if it happens that. [L eventus f. evenire eventhappen (as
E-, venire come)]