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Adverse event (AE)(health)
Adverse event(health)
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event (iou)



event noun & verb. L16.
[Latin eventus, from event- pa. ppl stem of evenire come out, result, happen, from e- E- + venire come.]
A. noun.
Something that happens or is thought of as happening; an occurrence, an incident; now esp. one that is significant or noteworthy. L16.
V. Brittain The events reported in the newspapers seemed too incredible to be taken seriously. V. Glendinning The fountain playing was an event; it had been turned off all through the war.
b. spec. Each of a set of outcomes that are mutually exclusive and have a certain computable probability of occurrence. M19.
c. An item in a programme of sport; an occasion held out as offering attractions to the public. M19.
P. Roth His events were discus, shot, and javelin. Western Morning News Fund-raising events are being organised. Observer A three-day antique coin event starting on Tuesday.
d. In pl. What is happening or has happened. M19.
E. Miall Events have proved us right. G. B. Shaw I did not foresee this turn of events.
e. Science. A point of space-time. E20.
f. Physics. A single ionization, decay, or reaction of a subatomic particle. M20.
Scientific American The events yielding a positron and a neutral pion should be easier to identify.
The outcome of a course of proceedings; a consequence, a result. Now only in certain phrs. (see below). L16.
Sir W. Scott He then took his aim..and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence.
That which befalls a person or thing; fate. L16-L17.
The (actual or contemplated) fact of a thing's happening; the occurrence of. Now chiefly in in the event of below. E17.
P. G. Wodehouse Anonymous letters are too frequently traced to their writers, and the prospect of facing Kirk in such an event did not appeal to him.
Phrases: after the event afterwards rather than at the time or beforehand (be wise after the event, explain something after it occurs without having foreseen it; blame others for not having foreseen something). at all events in any case; whatever happens or happened. double event: see DOUBLE adjective & adverb. happy event: see HAPPY adjective. in any event, in either event = at all events above. in the event (a) as things turn(ed) out; (b) US = in the event of below. in the event of if (something specified) should happen; should (it) be the case.
Comb.: event horizon Astronomy a notional surface from beyond which no matter or radiation can reach an observer; spec. the Schwarzschild sphere of a black hole.
b. verb intrans. Take part in horse trials. Chiefly as eventing verbal noun. M20.
eventer noun a horse or rider that takes part in horse trials L20.
eventless adjective without (noteworthy) events E19.
eventlessly adverb L19.
eventlessness noun L19.