Antonyms for events
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-vent |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈvɛnt |
Definition of events
Origin :- 1570s, from Middle French event, from Latin eventus "occurrence, accident, event, fortune, fate, lot, issue," from past participle stem of evenire "to come out, happen, result," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + venire "to come" (see venue). Event horizon in astrophysics is from 1969.
- noun occurrence, happening
- noun effect, result
- noun performance, competition
- But the first words he uttered showed a total unconsciousness of past events.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- At all events, he was left standing on the doorstone, and no one came to bid him enter.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Were all the events of life combining to ruin or to save him?
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- At all events, this was a subject upon which I received no enlightening from their confidant.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- George must be found; if I can help it, he shall not leave England—at all events, not in this way.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Furthermore, events are related which took place after Joshua's death.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- And here we close our account of the events which led to the Peloponnesian War.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- Mr. Winship made no further attempt to interfere with events.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- The march of events was rapid even for him, who was not slow in anything he undertook.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The purposes for which events occur in this world are not self-evidently clear.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
Synonyms for events
- accident
- act
- action
- advent
- adventure
- affair
- aftereffect
- aftermath
- appearance
- bout
- business
- calamity
- case
- catastrophe
- causatum
- celebration
- ceremony
- chance
- circumstance
- coincidence
- conclusion
- conjuncture
- consequence
- contest
- crisis
- deed
- development
- emergency
- end
- end result
- episode
- eventuality
- experience
- exploit
- fact
- fortuity
- function
- game
- hap
- happenstance
- holiday
- incident
- issue
- juncture
- marvel
- match
- matter
- meet
- milestone
- miracle
- misfortune
- mishap
- mistake
- occasion
- occurrence
- offshoot
- outcome
- outgrowth
- pass
- phase
- phenomenon
- predicament
- proceeding
- product
- resultant
- sequel
- sequent
- shift
- situation
- story
- termination
- thing
- tide
- tournament
- transaction
- triumph
- turn
- upshot
- wonder
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