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special event

special event noun: a public event such as a ballgame, parade, or festival that requires transportation planning, especially including roadway closure, and often a city permit in consequence.

Noun

special event (plural special events)

  1. A public event such as a ballgame, parade, or festival that requires transportation planning, especially including roadway closure, and often a city permit in consequence.
    • The city is providing special event shuttles on the Fourth of July.

Forms of special event

pluralspecial events

Questions about special event

What does special event mean?
Special event means a public event such as a ballgame, parade, or festival that requires transportation planning, especially including roadway closure, and often a city permit in consequence.
What part of speech is special event?
Special event is a noun.
What is the plural of special event?
The plural of special event is special events.

Words near special event in the dictionary

  1. special educators
  2. special effect
  3. special effects
  4. special election
  5. special elections
  6. special event
  7. special events
  8. special forces
  9. special fried rice
  10. special friend
  11. special friends

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