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- DictionaryIn·ci·dent/ˈinsədnt/
noun
- 1. an event or occurrence: "several amusing incidents"
adjective
- 1. likely to happen because of; resulting from: "the changes incident to economic development"
- 2. (especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something: "when an ion beam is incident on a surface"
noun. an individual occurrence or event. Synonyms: happening. a distinct piece of action, or an episode, as in a story or play. something that occurs casually in connection with something else. something appertaining or attaching to something else.
noun. a public disturbance. “the police investigated an incident at the bus station” see more. adjective. (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence. synonyms: incidental. omissible. capable of being left out. parenthetic, parenthetical.
[countable] something that happens, especially something unusual or unpleasant. His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. The most recent incident occurred last January. She couldn't have been more than five years old when the incident happened. One particular incident sticks in my mind.
4 days ago · 1. a distinct or definite occurrence; event. 2. a minor, subsidiary, or related event or action. 3. a relatively insignificant event that might have serious consequences, esp in international politics. 4. a public disturbance. the police had reports of an incident outside a pub.
an event, especially one that is bad or unusual: Police are investigating the incident. (Definition of incident from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
incident. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English in‧ci‧dent /ˈɪnsɪdənt/ W3 AWL noun [ countable] 1 an event, especially one that is unusual, important, or violent Am I at risk because of some incident in my sexual past?
Noun. Adjective. Filter. noun. incidents. Something that happens; happening; occurrence. Webster's New World. A particular occurrence, especially one of minor importance. American Heritage. Something that happens as a result of or in connection with something more important; minor event or episode, specif. one in a novel, play, etc.
