mundane event

collocation in English

meaningsofmundaneandevent

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mundane
adjective
uk
/mʌnˈdeɪn/us
/mʌnˈdeɪn/
very ordinary and therefore ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofmundaneandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This song is prized locally for the beauty and wit of the lyrics, which turn amundaneeventinto an act of heroism.
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These are the mundane events people describe when asked what they did today: making coffee, fixing a flat tire, installing computer software.
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Even oral evidence is suspect as many mundane events may be distorted.
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So this sort of fractal noise actually helps in accurately predicting mundane events, and until there is a major complexity cascade, our models work quite well.
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Memories recalled by hyperthymestic individuals tend to be personal, autobiographical accounts of both significant and mundane events in their lives.
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The protocol is that mundane events, such as travel, sometimes occur during commercial breaks and thus these events are largely unseen.
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On the other hand, common but mundane events are hard to bring to mind, so their likelihoods tend to be underestimated.
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Neo-realism's influence on his film is evident in the amount of attention to detail he takes in displaying everyday mundane events.
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Also, other more mundane events may have helped save the crops.
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He responded poetically to even mundane events.
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Adcock's poetry is typically concerned with themes of place, human relationships and everyday activities, but frequently with a dark twist given to the mundane events she writes about.
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