major event (noun)

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• event — noun 1 sth that happens ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, important, major, significant ▪ historic, key, landmark, life changing …   Collocations dictionary

• black swan event — noun (in the modelling of future outcomes) a major event which is so improbable that it is not likely to be predicted. {coined by Lebanese born statistician, Nassim Taleb, in The Black Swan (2007); from the idea that, prior to European contact… …  

• major — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Major is used with these nouns: ↑accident, ↑accomplishment, ↑achievement, ↑acquisition, ↑addition, ↑adjustment, ↑advance, ↑advantage, ↑aim, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• media event — noun : a publicity event staged for coverage by the news media * * * noun, pl ⋯ events [count] : an event that attracts attention from the news media The President s visit to the school was a major media event …   Useful english dictionary

• extinction event — /əkˈstɪŋkʃən əvɛnt/ (say uhk stingkshuhn uhvent) noun 1. a mass extinction of living species. 2. a catastrophic occurrence causing such an extinction, as a massive meteor strike. 3. Colloquial any event with major repercussions: an extinction… …  

• press box — noun box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event) • Topics: ↑sport, ↑athletics • Hypernyms: ↑box * * * noun : a space reserved for reporters (as at a game) * * * a press section, esp. at a sports event. [1885 90, Amer.] * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• calendar — noun (C) 1 pages printed to show the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, that you hang on the wall 2 AmE a) a book with separate spaces or pages for each day of the year, on which you write down the things you have to do; diary (2) BrE… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• opening gun — noun : the initial event of a sequence of related events the opening gun of the campaign * * * opening gun, Informal. something that forms the beginning of a major event or proceeding …   Useful english dictionary

• D-Day — noun a) June 6, 1944, the date during World War II when the Allies invaded western Europe. b) The date of any major event planned for the future …   Wiktionary

• institutionalization — noun a) the process of establishing a practice as a norm The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users. b) the process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained,… …   Wiktionary

• aftershock — noun a) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the main shock ). b) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event. <! This a joke, or just infinitely rare? Ant: foreshock …   Wiktionary