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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event go
an event that happens

trouble go
an event causing distress or pain

misfortune, bad luck go
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

mishap, misadventure, mischance
an instance of misfortune

noun.event

7 Subcategories

accident go
an unfortunate mishap
near miss go
an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided
derailment go
an accident in which a train runs off its track
ground loop go
a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground
puncture go
loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
slip, trip go
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
crash go
(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative