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- pronunciation:
- ih
vent
- phrases:
- in any event
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a distinct happening or occurrence; something that takes place.
- synonyms:
- affair, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence
- similar words:
- activity, business, episode, experience, instance, phenomenon, proceeding, thing
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| definition 2: |
a happening of significance.
- synonyms:
- milestone, occasion
- similar words:
- celebration, development, happening, incident, occurrence
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| definition 3: |
a social occasion.
- synonyms:
- affair
- similar words:
- celebration, ceremony, festival, festivity, function, gathering, get-together, occasion, party
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| definition 4: |
in sports, a specific contest in a series of contests, as in horse racing.
- synonyms:
- contest, feat, game
- similar words:
- competition, race, test, trial
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| related words: |
benefit, case, contingency, fact, match, matter |
adjective + (n.)event
actual,
adverse,
annual,
antecedent,
astronomical,
athletic,
bizarre,
cardiovascular,
cataclysmic,
catastrophic,
current,
discrete,
dramatic,
external,
extraordinary,
extreme,
historic,
historical,
horrific,
inaugural,
isolated,
main,
major,
memorable,
momentous,
narrative,
one-time,
pivotal,
premier,
random,
rare,
real-life,
recent,
seismic,
seminal,
special,
spectacular,
sporting,
stressful,
subsequent,
tragic,
traumatic,
unexpected,
unfortunate,
unlikely,
upcoming
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verb + (n.)event
attend, cancel, commemorate, host, interpret, organize, precipitate, reconstruct, recount, sponsor, stage, trigger, witness
(n.)event
+ verb
celebrate, culminate, feature, mark, occur, precede, schedule, shape, surround, transpire, unfold
noun + (n.)event
anniversary, attendance, calendar, chain, charity, chronology, confluence, festival, fund-raising, medal, occurrence, probability, sequence, series, significance, spectator, sport, turn, version, watershed
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| phrase: |
in any event |
The word event
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
veni, vent, ven, -vene
Latin
root
that means to come
Example words:
advent, avenue, contravene, convene, convent, convention, conventional, event, eventual, intervene, intervention, invent, prevent, supervene, venue
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