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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

periodic event, recurrent event go
an event that recurs at intervals

tide
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

noun.event

6 Subcategories

high tide, high water, highwater go
the tide when the water is highest
low tide, low water go
the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
ebbtide go
the tide while water is flowing out
flood, flood tide, rising tide go
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
leeward tide, lee tide go
a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
slack water, slack tide go
the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide