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Definitions for Incident

[1] an individual occurrence or event.
[2] a distinct piece of action, or an episode, as in a story or play.
[3] something that occurs casually in connection with something else.
[4] something appertaining or attaching to something else.
[5] 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.
[6] an embarrassing occurrence, especially of a social nature.
[7] likely or apt to happen (usually followed by to ).
[8] naturally appertaining: hardships incident to the life of an explorer.
[9] conjoined or attaching, especially as subordinate to a principal thing.
[10] falling or striking on something, as light rays.
[11] a distinct or definite occurrence; event
[12] a minor, subsidiary, or related event or action
[13] a relatively insignificant event that might have serious consequences, esp in international politics
[14] a public disturbance the police had reports of an incident outside a pub
[15] the occurrence of something interesting or exciting the trip was not without incident
[16] (postpositive foll by to ) related (to) or dependent (on)
[17] (when postpositive, often foll by to ) having a subsidiary or minor relationship (with)
[18] (esp of a beam of light or particles) arriving at or striking a surface incident electrons

Words related to Incident

episode, circumstance, scene, matter, event, fact, occasion, adventure, milestone, happening, trip

Words nearby Incident

inchoation, inchoative, inchon, inchworm, incidence, incident, incident point, incidental, incidental music, incidental parasite, incidentally

Origin of Incident

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin incident- (stem of incidēns a happening, noun use of present participle of Latin incidere to befall), equivalent to Latin in- in-2 + -cid- (combining form of cad- fall) + -ent- -ent; cf. cadence

Words that may be confused with Incident

incidence, incidents, incidental

Other words from Incident

in·ci·dent·less , adjective
non·in·ci·dent , noun, adjective

Word origin for Incident

C15: from Medieval Latin incidens an event, from Latin incidere, literally: to fall into, hence befall, happen, from in- ² + cadere to fall

Synonyms for Incident

circumstance, episode, event, fact, matter, scene, adventure, happening, milestone, occasion, trip