ETYM Old Eng. afere, affere, Old Fren. afaire, French affaire, from a faire to do; Latin. ad + facere to do. Related to Fact, Ado.
1. A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship; SYN. affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour.
2. A vaguely specified social event; SYN. occasion, social occasion.
3. A vaguely specified concern + prikaži više

ETYM Latin eventus, from evenire to happen, come out; e out + venire to come. Related to Come.
1. Something that happens at a given place and time.
2. A special set of circumstances; SYN. case.
3. (Relativity theory) A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.

An event that happens; SYN. occurrence, natural event.
An event which combines the visual arts and improvised theater. Happenings became popular in the US in the 1960s, influenced by the composer John Cage's theories concerning the role of chance in art, and closely related to performance art and environment art. They were associated particularly with the US painter Allen Kaprow (1927– ), who first used the term 1959, as well as with the pop artists Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and Robert Rauschenberg.
Artists such as Yves Klein in France and Joseph Beuys in Germany have developed the political potential of happenings. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. French incident.
1. A public disturbance.
2. A single distinct event.

ETYM French occasion, Latin occasio, from occidere, occasum, to fall down; ob (see Ob-) + cadere to fall. Related to Chance, Occident.
1. An opportunity to do something.
2. Reason.
3. The time of a particular event.

ETYM Cf. French occurrence. Related to Occur.
An instance of something occurring.