defining event

collocation in English

meaningsofdefiningandevent

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defining
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfaɪ.nɪŋ/us
/dɪˈfaɪ.nɪŋ/
A defining moment, feature, etc. is so important that it is or becomes part of the basic meaning or description of ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofdefiningandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Train accidents have provided adefiningeventfrom which other elements in a plot (families divided) can be derived.
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It is adefiningeventin our constitutional history and development.
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This is adefiningevent.
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Arguably it was the single mostdefiningeventin the islands' history.
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It was in this capacity that the mostdefiningeventof his career occurred.
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While a movie should have a three-act structure, a short story is often an exploration of character via a singledefiningevent.
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However, there was nodefiningeventor organization that could establish a unified message.
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Many critics hailed it as one of the defining events of the 2000s garage rock revival.
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Children of clergy may be more exposed than their peers to the defining events of life.
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Adams has identified his father's death in 2006 as one of the defining events of his life.
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