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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

motion, movement go
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

travel, change of location go
a movement through space that changes the location of something

spread, spreading
process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

noun.event

5 Subcategories

diffusion go
the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
dispersion, scattering go
spreading widely or driving off
invasion go
(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body
irradiation go
(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
radiation go
the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats