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incident

/ˈɪnsɪdənt/noun, adjective3 syllables

Incident means: (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence.

Synonyms for incident15

adjective, as in (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

incidental, omissible, parenthetic, parenthetical, peripheral, secondary

also used for incident

proceeding, affair, befalling, episode, event, goings-on, happening, hap, occasion

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What does incident mean?4

adjective

1

(sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence“incidental expenses”

2

falling or striking of light rays on something“incident light”

noun

1

a single distinct event

2

a public disturbance“the police investigated an incident at the bus station”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Incident in a sentence

  • At any rate, that it had ended without serious incident was a small mercy.unknown
  • At the time, the incident did not seem important.Source_VOA
  • After the incident, their friends and relatives began to visit them less frequently.Hybrid
  • After the incident, our relationship underwent a sudden change.Amastan
  • Given the circumstances, it was inevitable that such an incident should take place.mailohilohi
  • After a border incident involving gluten trafficking, the dictator ordered a full scale invasion.Eccles17
  • That incident occurred five years ago, before all this started.sundown
  • In the end, everything was restored to the way it was before the incident.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of incident

as a noun

plural
incidents