event | something that happens at a given place and time |
sale cutate sale sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
future | bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
oil future petroleum future | petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
soybean future | soybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
wheat future | wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
prefiguration foreshadowing adumbration | the act of providing vague advance indications, representing beforehand |
future future tense | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future |
happening occurrence occurrent natural event | an event that happens |
social event | an event characteristic of persons forming groups |
drama dramatic event | an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional |
periodic event recurrent event | an event that recurs at intervals |
accident stroke fortuity chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
blessed event happy event | the live birth of a child |
news event | a newsworthy event |
three-day event | an equestrian competition, the first day is dressage, the second is crossountry jumping, the third is stadium jumping |
diving diving event | an athletic competition that involves diving into water |
field event | a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track |
track event | a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor) |
swimming event | an athletic competition that involves swimming |
event planner | someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) |
consequence effect outcome result event issue upshot | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon, the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise, his decision had depressing consequences for business, he acted very wise after the event |
event | a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time, the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory |
future perfect future perfect tense | a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future, `I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect |
future progressive future progressive tense | a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future, `I will be running' is an example of the future progressive |
event case | a special set of circumstances, in that event, the first possibility is excluded, it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled |
future hereafter futurity time to come | the time yet to come |
spacecraft event time SCET | the coordinated universal time on board the spacecraft, SCET TRMOWLT |
future date | a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen |
future(a) next succeeding(a) | (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving, our next president |
future | yet to be or coming, some future historian will evaluate him |
future day | yet to come, a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay |
adumbrative foreshadowing prefigurative b | indistinctly prophetic |
future | effective in or looking toward the future, he was preparing for future employment opportunities |
future | a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened, future auxiliary |
anyhow anyway anyways in any case at any rate in any event | used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement, Anyhow, he is dead now, I think they're asleep, anyhow, they're quiet, I don't know what happened to it, anyway, it's gone, anyway, there is another factor to consider, I don't know how it started, in any case, there was a brief scuffle, in any event, the government faced a serious protest, but at any rate he got a knighthood for it |