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in the event

in the event prepositional phrase: as things (have) turned out or are turning out; ultimately; in the end; eventually.

Prepositional phrase

  1. As things (have) turned out or are turning out; ultimately; in the end; eventually.
    • I had also concluded that I should arrive […] in time for the afternoon services, but in the event I was in this also disappointed.1836, Andrew Reed, James Matheson, Congregational Union of England and Wales, A narrative of the visit to the American churches by the deputation from the Congregational Union of England and Wales...
    • She had met and fallen in love with the man who collected the milk from the dairy, and she had decided to marry him when he asked her. In the event, he didn't ask her, but there was obviously something going on between them, and she forced his hand.2010, Anna Champney, Buried Past, Hidden Secrets, page 88

Conjunction

in the event

  1. If, in the event that
    • In the event we meet the deadline, there will be free pizza for everyone.
    • The victory also guarantees England a place in the Euro 2020 play-offs, a fallback in the event they fail to qualify for that tournament through the traditional route.2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport

in the event meaning in Malayalam

in the event in Malayalam

as it happened, as it turned out, in the end
സംഭവിച്ചപ്രകാരം, ഉരുത്തിരിഞ്ഞപ്രകാരം, ഒടുക്കം, അവസാനം, ഒടുവിൽ, തത്ഫലമായി

Words formed from in the event

Questions about in the event

What does in the event mean?
In the event means as things (have) turned out or are turning out; ultimately; in the end; eventually.
What is in the event in Malayalam?
In the event in Malayalam is സംഭവിച്ചപ്രകാരം, ഉരുത്തിരിഞ്ഞപ്രകാരം, ഒടുക്കം. See In the event meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is in the event?
In the event can be a prepositional phrase or a conjunction.

Words near in the event in the dictionary

  1. in the driver's seat
  2. in the driving seat
  3. in the dumps
  4. in the ear
  5. in the end
  6. in the event
  7. in the event of
  8. in the event that
  9. in the extreme
  10. in the eye of the wind
  11. in the eyes of

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in the event (page history and authors); in the event (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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