To place at a disadvantage.
A setback or handicap.
A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
Loss; detriment; hindrance.
In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
An occurrence; something that happens.
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
An episode of severe health conditions.
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)