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incident
[ in-si-duhnt ]
noun
- an individual occurrence or event.
Synonyms:
- 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.
adjective
- 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.
incident
/ ˈɪԲɪəԳ /
noun
- 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
adjective
- postpositivefoll byto related (to) or dependent (on)
- whenpostpositive, 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
Other yvlog Forms
- c·Գ· adjective
- ԴDz·c·Գ noun adjective
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Example Sentences
The three friends bond over Laurie’s incident with the Russian thief.
Democrats have called for officials - including Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who created the group chat - to resign over the incident.
Pedestrianised New Street had been host to a number of stalls for a continental market on the day of the incident.
The move was amid the all-out strike, which was declared a major incident on Monday.
Paredes saw the incident and rushed toward the store entrance, then fled when a store clerk called police, the documents say.
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