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/ɪˈvent/

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Meaning

Something that happens, especially something important or planned.

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Word origin

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

Origin
Latin
Root
eventus

Grammar

Gender
Pluralevents

Examples

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

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

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Here "events" means the things that happened.

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This word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 4: event, hall, itself and 7 more words.