major event
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandevent
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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event
noun[C]
uk/ɪˈvent/us/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofmajorandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is this state of disorder that prepares the stage for the introduction of themajorevent, usually a tragedy.
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The event-free actuarial survival showed that 9 1 % had at least onemajoreventwhich required reoperation or hospital treatment, or else invasive cardiac procedures.
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These should not be confused with normal reactions to such amajorevent, which may well include distress, tearfulness, anger and sadness.
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Regardless of the conceptual context, this work is stunning, absorbing for its entire duration, and this recording is amajoreventby any measure.
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A minor incident within amajoreventcan signal the dimensions of the problem.
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Because retirement is amajoreventin the life of the individual and in marital relations, individuals begin to shape attitudes toward that event in a process of anticipatory socialisation.
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According to the diathesis-stress model, those at heightened risk or with a vulnerable predisposition would be more adversely affected by amajoreventthan those at lower levels of risk.
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Maciejewski et al. (2001) in a community survey found women more likely than men to experience an episode of depression after amajorevent.
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It is amajoreventin itself and a new event.
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It is amajoreventwhich expands trading links from my local authority into the north-west.
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Again, that will be amajoreventfor the community, which is repairing and rebuilding itself.
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The secondmajoreventin this field was less obvious, but no less essential.
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It was amajoreventto be considered in our political work.
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This is, therefore, amajoreventin the campaign for law reform.
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There is no question but that this is amajorevent.
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It will need it to hold its listeners, particularly at times when somemajoreventis unfolding.
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This is amajoreventin the history of education.
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What was the nextmajoreventthat happened?
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