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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ci•dent /ˈɪnsɪdənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an occurrence or event:an unpleasant incident at the office.
- Governmenta minor event leading to serious consequences:a minor border incident that erupted into a war.
adj. - likely to happen, often as a side effect:hazards incident to the job.
- falling or striking on something, such as light rays do.
See -cide-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ci•dent (in′si dənt),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Governmentan occurrence of seemingly minor importance, esp. 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, esp. of a social nature.
adj. - likely or apt to happen (usually fol. by to).
- naturally appertaining:hardships incident to the life of an explorer.
- conjoined or attaching, esp. as subordinate to a principal thing.
- falling or striking on something, as light rays.
- Medieval Latin incident- (stem of incidēns a happening, noun, nominal use of present participle of Latin incidere to befall), equivalent. to Latin in- in-2 + -cid- (combining form of cad- fall) + -ent- -ent; compare cadence
- Middle French
- late Middle English 1375–1425
in′ci•dent•less, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged happening. See event.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: incident /ˈɪnsɪdənt/ n - 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 occurrence of something interesting or exciting: the trip was not without incident
adj - (postpositive) followed by to: related (to) or dependent (on)
- when postpositive, often followed by to: having a subsidiary or minor relationship (with)
- (esp of a beam of light or particles) arriving at or striking a surface
Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin incidens an event, from Latin incidere, literally: to fall into, hence befall, happen, from in-² + cadere to fall |