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eventful

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //iˈvɛntfəɫ// UK //ɪvˈɛntfəl// event·ful

adj. full of interesting, important, or exciting things that happen. You use this to describe a period of time where you were very busy or many things changed.

adj. marked by many occurrences, especially those of a significant or exciting nature. Often used to describe a journey, a day, or a period of history.


SIMPLE

We had an eventful trip to the mountains.

CONTEXTUAL

It has been an eventful year for the company, including a major merger and the launch of three new products.

COMPLEX

The historian described the decade as particularly eventful, noting that the rapid succession of political crises and technological breakthroughs fundamentally reshaped the national identity.

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Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun or predicatively after a linking verb like 'be' or 'become'.

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