events

1. An occurrence; something that happens.
2. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

   I went to an event in San Francisco last week.

3. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
4. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).

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

5. A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
6. 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.
7. A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
8. An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
9. An episode of severe health conditions.

verb

To occur, take place.

1. To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
2. To expose to the air, ventilate.