Antonyms for events


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-vent
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈvɛnt


Definition of events

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Middle French event, from Latin eventus "occurrence, accident, event, fortune, fate, lot, issue," from past participle stem of evenire "to come out, happen, result," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + venire "to come" (see venue). Event horizon in astrophysics is from 1969.
  • noun occurrence, happening
  • noun effect, result
  • noun performance, competition
Example sentences :
  • But the first words he uttered showed a total unconsciousness of past events.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • At all events, he was left standing on the doorstone, and no one came to bid him enter.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Were all the events of life combining to ruin or to save him?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • At all events, this was a subject upon which I received no enlightening from their confidant.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • George must be found; if I can help it, he shall not leave England—at all events, not in this way.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Furthermore, events are related which took place after Joshua's death.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • And here we close our account of the events which led to the Peloponnesian War.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • Mr. Winship made no further attempt to interfere with events.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The march of events was rapid even for him, who was not slow in anything he undertook.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • The purposes for which events occur in this world are not self-evidently clear.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

Synonyms for events

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