🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

出来事

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dekigoto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Event/ɪˈvɛnt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"それは私の人生において大きな出来事でした。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A thing that happens or takes place, especially one of importance.

    "The annual music festival is the biggest social event of the year."
  2. 2

    A planned public or social occasion.

    "She is organizing a charity fundraising event for local schools."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'event' originates from the Latin 'eventus', meaning 'outcome' or 'result', which evolved through Old French 'evenement' in the late Middle Ages. Its meaning has shifted over time from a focus on outcomes to encompass occurrences or happenings of various kinds.

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