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Meaning of event

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  event
      n 1: something that happens at a given place and time
      2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first
         possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the
         picnic will be canceled" [syn: {event}, {case}]
      3: a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the
         fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
      4: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
         phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was
         lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for
         business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn:
         {consequence}, {effect}, {outcome}, {result}, {event},
         {issue}, {upshot}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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