incident

Plural: incidents

Noun

• An event or occurrence, often a minor or unusual one.
• a single distinct event
• a public disturbance
  • "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"
• 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.
• An aircraft incident, usually a plane crash.

Adjective

• falling or striking of light rays on something
  • "incident light"
• (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
  • "incidental expenses"
  • "the road will bring other incidental advantages"
  • "extra duties incidental to the job"
  • "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"
  • "confusion incidental to a quick change"

Adj

• Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
• 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.
• Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
• In a relation of incidence

Examples

• A dispute over a challenged word became a minor incident during their Words With Friends match.
• It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
• No major hazards incident to this job.
• She could not recall the time of the incident.
• The incident light illuminated the surface.
• The suspect was released without further incident.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

basic

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