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An occurrence; something that happens.
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A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
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One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
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An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
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(figurative, uncommon, dated) A remarkable person.
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(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
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(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.
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(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
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(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
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(medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.