event

Meanings

• something that happens at a given place and time
• a special set of circumstances
  • "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"
• a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  • "he acted very wise after the event"

Synonyms

case, consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot