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eventful

eventful

17 3.8
Full of important or unusual events
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈvɛntfəl/
translation icon : lleno de acontecimientos
  • Now this is shaping up to be an eventful Tuesday evening.
  • eventful life
  • eventful decade
  • eventful history

You've lived an eventful life, for sure.

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Examples

  • Last week was particularly eventful, with three meetings and a surprise party.

  • You've lived an eventful life, for sure.

  • I know that was an eventful episode, guys.

  • So it's quite eventful, you know what I mean?

  • "Then Field turned to us: "Gentlemen, it has been an eventful evening."

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Well, that was one of our more eventful Mother's Days.

  • The archaeological record has proved to be critical to understanding the site's brief but eventful history.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The days that followed our visit to the SPCA were eventful days.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • You've had a most eventful vacation.

  • The pup and I just got back from a very eventful trip to the vet.

    Blog text (9)

Synonyms

newsworthy
vseventful
  • Literature
25 4.4

Important or interesting enough for reporters to write about

is full of many important, interesting, or unusual events

Antonyms

22 3.7

A time when nothing unusual or exciting happens

How Eventful

historic
501 3.9
memorable
181 3.5
eventful
17 3.8
uneventful
22 3.7

Surface Forms

eventful positive
eventfuller comparative
eventfullest superlative

Morphology

eventful = event (transparent) = event + ful

The adjective is a straightforward formation from the noun 'event' with the productive suffix '-ful', meaning 'full of events'.

Etymology

Eventful comes from the simple word event, which means 'something that happens', plus the ending -ful, which means 'full of'. So, eventful is 'full of important or interesting events', explaining why we use it for a busy or dramatic time.