event, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

event (events plural )

1 n-count An event is something that happens, especially when it is unusual or important. You can use events to describe all the things that are happening in a particular situation.
...the events of Black Wednesday..., A new book by Grass is always an event.

2 n-count An event is a planned and organized occasion, for example a social gathering or a sports match.
usu with supp
...major sporting events., ...our programme of lectures and social events.

3 n-count An event is one of the races or competitions that are part of an organized occasion such as a sports meeting.
A solo piper opens Aberdeen Highland Games at 10am and the main events start at 1pm.

4 You use in the event of, in the event that, and in that event when you are talking about a possible future situation, especially when you are planning what to do if it occurs.
♦ in the event of/that phrase
The bank has agreed to give an immediate refund in the unlikely event of an error being made...

5 You say in any event after you have been discussing a situation, in order to indicate that what you are saying is true or possible, in spite of anything that has happened or may happen.
♦ in any event phrase PHR with cl (=anyway)
In any event, the bowling alley restaurant proved quite acceptable.

6 You say in the event after you have been discussing what could have happened in a particular situation, in order to indicate that you are now describing what actually did happen.
(BRIT)
♦ in the event phrase PHR with cl
`Don't underestimate us', Norman Willis warned last year. There was, in the event, little danger of that.