incident
Forms
- Plural
- incidents
Definitions
1.An event or occurrence.
- It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
- She could not recall the time of the incident.
- The suspect was released without further incident.
2.A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
- I'll remember this incident forever.
3.An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
- I'll remember this incident forever.
1.Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
- No major hazards incident to this job.
2.Falling on or striking a surface.
- The incident light illuminated the surface.
3.Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
- 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.
4.Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- All chances incident to mans frail life.
- The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1977
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Recorded since 1412
From Middle French incident
From Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).