Incident
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Incident is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
Meaning
(countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
More Meanings
- 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.
- Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
- (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.
- Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
- Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
Example Sentences
No major hazards incident to this job.
It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
The incident light illuminated the surface.
She could not recall the time of the incident.
Word Forms
- incidents
Synonyms for incident
Depending on context, synonyms include proceeding, affair, befalling, episode, event, goings-on.
Antonyms for incident
Common opposites include basic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include secondary, incidental, peripheral, parenthetic, parenthetical, side.
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