incident
an individual occurrence or event.
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.
an occurrence of seemingly minor importance, especially involving nations or factions between which relations are strained and sensitive, that can lead to serious consequences, as an outbreak of hostilities or a war: border incident; international incident.
an embarrassing occurrence, especially of a social nature.
likely or apt to happen (usually followed by to).
naturally appertaining: hardships incident to the life of an explorer.
conjoined or attaching, especially as subordinate to a principal thing.
falling or striking on something, as light rays.
Origin of incident
1synonym study For incident
Other words for incident
Other words from incident
- in·ci·dent·less, adjective
- non·in·ci·dent, noun, adjective
Words that may be confused with incident
- incidence, incidents , incidental
Words Nearby incident
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How to use incident in a sentence
The reason given was an incident in January when his daughter was found on campus with a vape pen.
School Sports Became ‘Clubs’ Amid the Pandemic – Now Two Coaches Are Out | Ashly McGlone | September 17, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe publication confirmed that Dorris had told both a friend in the city and her mother about the incident — both of whom corroborated her account.
Former model Amy Dorris says President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her | Li Zhou | September 17, 2020 | VoxFor any incident, she says, “it’s really about trying to see the positive sides, and it’s about how you deal with it.”
How a Swiss Ski Resort Was Ravaged by Typhoid and Survived | Daniel Malloy | September 9, 2020 | OzyIt’s incredible the amount of media intensity that happens when there’s a viral incident.
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs? | by Alec MacGillis | September 3, 2020 | ProPublicaRobinhood is facing class action lawsuits over the outages in March from customers who allege the incident caused them to lose money.
Robinhood app stumbles amid surge in Apple, Tesla trading volume | Jeff | September 1, 2020 | Fortune
Which is impossible unless people talk publicly rather than letting each crime be its own isolated incident.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism | Arthur Chu | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe “crying” incident is thought to have hurt Muskie in the primary--which he won handily, but with under 50 percent of the vote.
“I guess it was their first incident where they lose a plane,” said Dobersberger, the travel agent.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370 | Lennox Samuels | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey finished out the tour without incident, while newspapers across the country picked up the story.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ | Peter Guralnick | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe incident sparked his belief in Santa, but he would have to wait nearly two decades before dressing up as Jolly St. Nick.
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus | Ben Jacobs | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.
A little incident which his mother remembers is not without a pretty allegoric significance.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingIt is not, however, the incident in itself that is now referred to, but only the formality ascribed to it in the narrative.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayThe incident did not demand more than a few seconds for its transaction and Winifred hardly noticed it, so unstrung was she.
The Red Year | Louis TracyA curious incident: during the night a Fleet-sweeper tied up alongside, full of wounded, chiefly Australians.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for incident
/ (ˈɪnsɪdənt) /
a distinct or definite occurrence; event
a minor, subsidiary, or related event or action
a relatively insignificant event that might have serious consequences, esp in international politics
a public disturbance: the police had reports of an incident outside a pub
the occurrence of something interesting or exciting: the trip was not without incident
(postpositive foll by to) related (to) or dependent (on)
(when postpositive, often foll by to) having a subsidiary or minor relationship (with)
(esp of a beam of light or particles) arriving at or striking a surface: incident electrons
Origin of incident
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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