Noun

(en noun)

An occurrence; something that happens.

* Macaulay

the events of his early years

An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).

*, II.3.3:

hard beginnings have many times prosperous events  […].

* 1707 , , by Eccles and Congrieve; scene 8

Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire Event .

* Young

dark doubts between the promise and event

In the event , he turned out to have what I needed anyway.

(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.

(computing) 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.

(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

If $X$ is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: $X\; =\; 1$, $X\; =\; 2$, $X\; \backslash ge\; 5,\; X\; \backslash not\; =\; 4,$ and $X\; \backslash isin\; \backslash \{1,3,5\backslash \}$.

(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

* Shakespeare

Leave we him to his events .

(lb) An episode of severe health conditions.

Noun

(en noun)

A result that one is attempting to achieve.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-02, volume=409, issue=8860, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= A shrinking slice , passage=The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.}}

In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

The act of placing the object into the goal.

A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 15, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC Sport

, title= Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest , passage=The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.}}

A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.