Definition of Event

Noun: event i'vent

Something that happens at a given place and time
A special set of circumstances
"in that event, the first possibility is excluded";
- case
(physics) a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
"he acted very wise after the event";
- consequence, effect, outcome, result, issue, upshot
(computing) a possible action that the user can perform, monitored by an application or the operating system