event English · revision 2550

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1570–76|origins=la ēvenīre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪˈvent/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|event]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) a learned borrowing from [[la|ēventus|t=occurrence, accident, issue, fortune]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|ēvenīre|t=to come out, happen, result]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) formed from [[m|la|ē-|t=out]] and [[m|la|venīre|t=to come]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) Etymonline traces ''venīre'' to [[ine-pro|*gwa-|t=to go, come]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) It is related to [[come]], [[venue]], [[advent]] and [[eventual]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Klein 1966)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The outcome or result of something: 1570–76^(Barnhart 1988) or the 1570s,^(Etymonline) as in the phrase ''in the event that''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “Something that happens, an incident” is first recorded in 1588,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) or the 1580s.^(Etymonline) The fact of something happening is from 1602.^(OED 1989) ''The course of events'' is from 1719 in the OED^(OED 1989) and 1842 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) In modern use the word is mostly restricted to occurrences of some importance, from 1883.^(OED 1989) In sport, a contest in a programme is an ''event'' from 1865,^(Etymonline) and something on which money is staked from 1855.^(OED 1989) ''Word Origins'' notes that the sense “a planned or scheduled occasion” developed later.^(Cresswell 2021) In physics, ''event horizon'' is from 1969.^(Etymonline) ''Eventual'' is from the 17th century, and ''eventuate'' from the 18th, originally American.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1570s – an outcome.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1588 – a happening.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1602 – the fact of happening.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1855 – a sporting event.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1883 – a notable occurrence.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1969 – ''event horizon''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Something that happens, especially something important.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A social gathering or organized occasion.^(AHD)^(Cresswell 2021)

+ # The final result; the outcome: ''in the event''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A contest or item in a sports programme.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(physics)'' An occurrence at a single point in [[space-time]].^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[eventless]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eventual]]

+ * [[eventful]]

+ * [[come]]

+ * [[venue]]

+ * [[advent]]

+ * [[prevent]]

+ * [[invent]]

+ * [[convent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}