English > event: 4 senses > noun 1, TopsMeaning | Something that happens at a given place and time. |
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Instances | Fall | The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve |
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Narrower | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
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group action | action taken by a group of people |
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
makeup, make-up | An event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event |
might-have-been | An event that could have occurred but never / never did |
migration | (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule |
miracle | A marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent |
nonevent | An anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected |
social event | An event characteristic of persons forming groups |
zap | A sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact |
Broader | psychological feature | A feature of the mental life of a living organism |
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Spanish | evento, suceso |
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Catalan | esdeveniment |
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English > event: 4 senses > noun 4, phenomenonMeaning | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. |
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Example | "he acted very wise after the event" |
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Synonyms | consequence, effect, outcome, result, issue, upshot |
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Narrower | Coriolis effect | (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation |
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aftereffect | Any result that follows its cause after an interval |
aftermath, wake, backwash | The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) |
bandwagon effect | The phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity |
brisance | The shattering or crushing / crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion |
butterfly effect | The phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large / large / large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago |
by-product, byproduct | A secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence |
change | The result of alteration or modification |
coattails effect | (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party |
dent | An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) |
domino effect | The consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall / fall) |
harvest | The consequence of an effort or activity |
impact, wallop | A forceful consequence |
influence | The effect of one thing (or person) on another |
knock-on effect | A secondary or incidental effect |
offspring, materialization, materialisation | Something that comes into existence as a result |
outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset | A natural consequence of development |
placebo effect | Any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo |
position effect | (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome |
product | A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances |
repercussion, reverberation | A remote or indirect consequence of some action |
response | A result |
side effect, fallout | Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect |
spillover | (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure |
Broader | phenomenon | Any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning |
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Spanish | consecuencia, efecto, resultado |
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Catalan | conseqüència, efecte, resultat |
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Verbs | eventuate | come out in the end |
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