| attraction |
an event that draws popular attention. [1/4 definitions] |
| autopsy |
a detailed analysis of any past event. [1/2 definitions] |
| background |
historical or social conditions or events leading up to, or being present during, a given situation or event. [1/5 definitions] |
| back-step |
an undoing or reversal of progress or an event that effects such. [1/2 definitions] |
| bake |
a social event at which food is baked and eaten. [1/5 definitions] |
| bake sale |
an event in which baked items, such as cookies and cupcakes, are sold in order to raise money for a particular cause. |
| belle |
a popular and admired woman, usu. young and often considered the most outstanding beauty at a social event or in a social circle. |
| benefit |
a social event to raise money for a specific cause or person. [1/5 definitions] |
| biennial |
an event occurring once every two years. [1/5 definitions] |
| blessing |
a special gift or favorable event, esp. one believed to come from a divine source. [1/4 definitions] |
| brouhaha |
an event involving such commotion. [1/2 definitions] |
| business |
a particular matter, process, or event. [1/9 definitions] |
| calamity |
an event causing extreme harm, suffering, or destruction; disaster. [1/2 definitions] |
| call off |
to cancel (an appointment, action, event, or the like). |
| casualty |
a thing or person harmed or lost as a result of some event or situation. [1/5 definitions] |
| casus belli |
(Latin) an event or occurrence that provokes or serves as a pretext to declare war. |
| cataclysm |
a violent natural event, esp. an upheaval causing a sudden change in the earth's crust, or a great flood. [1/2 definitions] |
| celebrate |
to observe or commemorate (an occasion or event), as with gifts, festivities, or special rituals. [2/4 definitions] |
| ceremony |
a set of formalities, customs, or rites performed in order to give honor or validation, or this set of acts taken as an event. [1/4 definitions] |
| chain of events |
a series of related events that occur in a sequence after some particular triggering event. |
| chain reaction |
any sequence of events in which the result of one event becomes the cause of the one that follows. [1/3 definitions] |