An occurrence; something that happens.
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 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.)
A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
Scientists debunk the myth that gum stays in the human stomach for seven years.
An invented story, theory, or concept.
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
Such stories as a genre.
A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.