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three-day event

three-day event

1 2.1
A set of events that lasts three days in a row
  • noun
translation icon : evento de tres días
  • On the first day of the three-day event, compost from the previous year is screened for use at educational demonstration sites in Eno River Park.
  • attended the three-day event
  • three-day event last year

Examples

  • Humphrey hosted the three-day event and pushed for a WETA telecourse.

    Academic text (1992)

  • A more rational approach might include two, and a return visit to a two- or three-day event is sometimes desirable.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Approximately 40,000 people attended the three-day event, but their impact on the environment was minimal.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The Regatta is an exciting three-day event, pitting competitors from all over the world against each other.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Plus local people were having difficulties managing some sort of great loss at the start involving what seemed to be supposed to be some sort of three-day event involving banquets, deer shopping, and purchasing in honor of the veterans' sacrifice.

    Blog text (32)

  • The country music festival is a popular three-day event that attracts fans from all over the region.

  • Many families plan their vacations around the annual community fair, a three-day event filled with rides and games.

  • During the three-day event, attendees participated in various workshops and seminars about sustainability.

How Long

monthlong
2 2.8
seven-day
103 1.0
three-day event
1 2.1
day
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

three-day event singular
three-day events plural

Morphology

three-day + event

The meaning 'an event that lasts for three consecutive days' is directly and compositionally built from the numeric modifier 'three' + temporal unit 'day' modifying 'event' (or written as the compound 'three-day'), so a learner who knows those constituents can infer the duration meaning. This numeral + time-unit modifier is a regular, cross-linguistic and productive pattern in English, making the expression immediately understandable to B1 learners.

Etymology

The phrase three-day event is a simple, literal name: three-day tells you how long the event lasts. So it means 'an event or series of activities that lasts for three days in a row'.