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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

beginning go
the event consisting of the start of something

creation, conception go
the event that occurred at the beginning of something

fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes

noun.event

5 Subcategories

pollination, pollenation go
transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation go
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
self-fertilization, self-fertilisation go
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual
superfecundation go
fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males)
superfetation go
fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun