Event and Pageant

Event

Event noun - Something that happens.

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Pageant and event are semantically related in competition topic. In some cases you can use "Pageant" instead a noun "Event".

Nearby Words: eventual, eventful, eventuality, eventless

Pageant noun - A staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes.

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Event and pageant are semantically related in competition topic. Sometimes you can use "Event" instead a noun "Pageant".

Nearby Word: pageantry

regular	regular event	regular pageant
small	small event	small pageant
actual	actual event	actual pageant
entire	entire event	entire pageant
Other adjectives: big, new, later, titular, next, yearly, annual, upcoming, historical.

Shortly before the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo was caught wearing this trope at an official event in Sao Paolo.

Source: Vapor Wear
Parents spend a ton of money on their girls' pageant dresses, dance and singing rehearsals, body waxing and tanning salons in the weeks before the event.

Source: Serious Business / Real Life
A better example of a Chekhov's Gun in Negima is the bracelet that Ako won when she and Negi (disguised as Nagi) finished second in a pageant-like event during the school festival.

Source: Chekhovs Gun / Anime and Manga

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