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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

disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm go
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

famine
a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

noun.event

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the Irish Famine, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Great Calamity go
a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight