What does incident mean?
Incident means (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence..
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/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/ · noun
(countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence..
She could not recall the time of the incident.
It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
The suspect was released without further incident.
Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?
No major hazards incident to this job.
It is at this juncture that Toder launches into the familiar and troubling topic of monogamy versus non-monogamy. She outwardly expresses no preference for either option, considering each to hold certain consequences incident to it.
The incident light illuminated the surface.
As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
Use incident when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Incident means (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence..
Common synonyms include proceeding, affair, befalling, episode.
Possible antonyms include basic.
She could not recall the time of the incident.
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