Collocations for "event"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "event" in context.
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event
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [benefit, charity, fundraising] event
- a [formal, corporate, work] event
- [an annual, a regular, a rare] event
- is a (very) special event
- was a memorable event
- was a [regrettable, disappointing, forgettable] event
- the most [significant, important, meaningful] event (in my life)
- is sponsoring this event
- is [sponsoring, organizing] an event for
- an event for [charity, children with cancer]
- the [figure-skating, show jumping, javelin] event
- [need, is selling] tickets for the event
- are there tickets left for the event?
- it's [a ticket, an invitation] -only event
- in the event of [fire, an earthquake, a disaster]
- in no event will we [leave, give up, stop]
- well, in any event, I [went, saw, talked to]
- wish we had known before the event (that)
- only found out after the event (that)
- is an event [planner, manager]
- work in event management
- use an event calendar
- the event horizon
'event' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Sunday
- academic
- alarm
- appetizer
- arena
- aside
- awareness
- bang
- beam
- bear
- bid
- blanket
- buzz
- campus
- casual
- catering
- chair
- charity
- church
- city
- climax
- collar
- competitor
- conclude
- contention
- contingent
- coordinate
- coordinator
- cover
- coverage
- curious
- curtain
- dark
- denial
- dependent
- dream
- eve
- ever
- everything
- excitement
- experience
- eye
- faith
- fancy
- feature
- fifty
- fitting
- flood
- flop
- flutter