incident
IPA: ˈɪnsʌdʌnt
noun
- (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
- A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
- An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
adjective
- Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
- (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.
- Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
- Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
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Examples of "incident" in Sentences
- Police are probing the incident.
- The incident occurred during the night.
- He was not disciplined for the incident.
- It is unsure to the seriousness of the incident.
- The incident and the reflected beam span the plane of incidence.
- The most famous incident of the games came at the end of the event.
- The overpass was under construction at the time the incident occurred.
- Luckily, the incident occurred after the park was closed for the season.
- This is just a random loutish incident that happened to be caught on tape.
- Judith Mossman debrief Freeman on events since the incident at Black Mesa.
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