Kilo Lingo

event

/ɪˈvent/

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Translation

Something that happens, especially something important or planned.

Word origin

From Latin eventus, meaning an outcome or something that comes out.

Origin
Latin
Root
eventus

Grammar

Gender
Pluralevents

Examples

wedding .

"Event" is something that happens, often something planned.

summer.

"Events" is the plural, meaning more than one event.

's .

Here "events" means the things that happened.

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This word is part of lesson 20.