Definition of incident in English:

incident

noun ˈɪnsɪd(ə)ntˈɪnsəd(ə)nt

1An instance of something happening; an event or occurrence.
several amusing incidents
there was not one incident of teasing from the 90 pupils
Example sentencesExamples
- The embarrassing incident happened just a day after their debut album ‘Handshakes for Bullets’ was released.
- That's one of the really fun things about writing - you can take incidents that happened to you, and you can relate them and make them part of somebody else's story.
- The incident happened in 1994 as mourners gathered after the funeral of the boy's grandfather.
- The occurrence and magnitude of incidents related to economic, social and political instability are unpredictable.
- He saw that she showed no sign of being scared on account of the occurrence of a political incident.
- I would like to relate to you and your readers an incident that happened to me not long ago and express my gratitude and admiration for all those involved.
- Opposition councillors have questioned how the incident was allowed to happen in the first place.
- I would like to relate a recent incident that happened to one of my friends in her 30s.
- Similar explosive incidents happen regularly around the world and occasionally get into the press, or in Japan, on experimental TV.
- It chronicles where the incident happened, when, and in what circumstances.
- Wildlife rescuers said they were shocked and devastated by three incidents, which have happened in the past week.
- Over the years Arthur has had many amusing incidents happen to him.
- When these incidents happen it is wasteful for the time of business people travelling through.
- In a bizarre but later understandable chain of events, an incident happened in seconds that ruined the lives of four men and ended that of a fifth.
- All of these incidents started happening a year ago next year.
- All reasonable people understand that acts of God, accidents, or incidents will happen that will affect the quality of drinking water.
- Space permits me to relate just two incidents that happened recently to members of the running fraternity in Sligo.
- Lipton survived the affair and told shareholders the incident had happened years before and the practice had been given up.
- Finally she calmed down and, regaining composure, proceeded with the wedding as if the incident had never happened.
- Then a couple of incidents happened one after the other that changed my life.
Synonyms
event, occurrence, occasion, episode, experience, happening, proceeding, eventuality, affair, business
adventure, exploit, escapade, deed, feat
matter, circumstance, fact, development
1. 1.1 A violent event, such as a fracas or assault.
  one person was stabbed in the incident
  Example sentencesExamples
  The first incident happened when riot police were called to a ‘serious’ disturbance between rival fans at the pub.
  Shockingly, even a teacher is listed as a perpetrator in a Yorkshire council's tables, which show a total of 173 racist incidents from name-calling to assault.
  They were given unrestricted access to officers and police documentation, and attended events and incidents as they happened.
  A few days ago a man was sentenced to death for two separate incidents that occurred about a year ago - deliberately knocking two women off their scooters and trying to steal their bags.
  Airedale Hospital in rural Steeton, near Keighley, has had nearly 140 reported violent incidents last year, ranging from verbal abuse to actual assault.
  The assault was the latest in a series of violent incidents involving bus crews in Yorkshire which has led to a series of suspensions and threatened withdrawals of bus services.
  The court heard that there had been two earlier violent incidents before the fatal confrontation.
  But another resident, who asked not to be named, said she was considering leaving the area after hearing of several unrelated but violent incidents in Portswood and Inner Avenue.
  In May, Davie police charged him with domestic violence and aggravated assault after the incident with the hammer.
  Four footballers are facing court cases arising out of two separate alleged incidents involving violent assaults.
  Such is the prevalence of workplace violence that an entire industry has sprung up dedicated to predicting violent incidents and attempting to prevent them.
  The incident happened in the afternoon near the main bus stand in the communally sensitive North Gujarat town, which has witnessed several violent incidents in recent weeks.
  But most of the incidents were fighting between individuals, minor public order incidents and minor assaults.
  The woman was left shocked but uninjured after the incident, which happened at about 6.10 pm yesterday.
  Most patients were young lads with a Northern Irish accent, usually victims of violent incidents like stone throwing, assaults, or even punishment beatings.
  Police are investigating two incidents that occurred within hours of each other on opposite sides of the city.
  Other incidents included violent disturbances, assault on a 23-year-old man, shouting threats to kill and spitting at residents.
  Women have been warned to be on their guard following a spate of violent incidents involving men posing as private hire taxi drivers.
  Humberside Police launched the amnesty today in a bid to get the deadly weapons off the streets, and said there had been 84 recorded incidents of violent crime in the area in January and February alone.
  The drivers claim they are at risk because of the nature of the job, and say that police have not been responding efficiently to emergency calls following assaults and violent incidents.
  Synonyms
  disturbance, fracas, melee, commotion, rumpus, scene
  fight, skirmish, clash, brawl, free-for-all, encounter, conflict, confrontation, altercation, contretemps
  Irish, North American, &amp Australian donnybrook
  West Indian bangarang
  informal ruction, ruckus, argy-bargy
  British informal, Football afters
  Law, dated affray
2. 1.2 A hostile clash between forces of rival countries.
  the US regretted the incident
  Example sentencesExamples
  A CNN crew embedded at ground forces headquarters witnessed the incident.
  If the Germans did not like it, they could attack American forces… Everything was to be done to force an incident.
  During the incident, the Japanese force had total control of the skies over Shanghai.
  It represents the heaviest loss of British life in a single hostile incident since the war began.
  In recent weeks there have been repeated incidents in which forces have demolished homes believed to belong to members of the resistance.
  Synonyms
  confrontation, skirmish, brush, encounter, engagement, collision, conflict, fight, battle
3. 1.3mass noun The occurrence of dangerous or exciting things.
  my period in Egypt wasn't without incident
  Example sentencesExamples
  Such anticipation as I had was more pleasure than pain, and the event itself passed without drama or incident.
  The conversation shifted to other topics and the rest of the meal passed without incident.
  The first meeting passed off without incident.
  The lives of fictional private detectives tend to be action-packed, dangerous and full of incident.
  It was an hour packed with drama, incident, excitement, courage and endeavour.
  Synonyms
  excitement, adventure, exciting experiences, drama
  danger, peril, dangerous/perilous experiences
2Law
A privilege, burden, or right attaching to an office, estate, or other holding.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is to do with the incidents that attach to such an estate.
- Among the standard incidents of ownership are the right to exclusive physical control, the right to use it, the right to decide how and by whom it is to be used, and the right to alienate it.

adjective ˈɪnsɪd(ə)ntˈɪnsəd(ə)nt

1incident toLiable to happen because of; resulting from.
the changes incident to economic development
Example sentencesExamples
- It is true if and only if the first argument is incident to the second.
1. 1.1Law Attaching to.
  the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption
  Example sentencesExamples
  The appellate court reversed, saying the search was lawful because it was incident to the arrest of the passenger.
  Covenants, obligations and liabilities incident to the estate.
2(especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something.
when an ion beam is incident on a surface
Example sentencesExamples
- The intensity of all monochromatic incident light was kept close using neutral density filters.
- The net effect is the diffraction of the incident radiation by the array of molecules.
- There is a resonant interaction of the incident light with the surface plasmons on both surfaces of the metal film.
- Further, nitrogen-based defensive compounds tend to increase under both high nutrient availability and reduced incident radiation.
- This orientation minimizes the polymer's exposure to incident light and hence lowers observed fluorescence.
1. 2.1Physics Relating to incidence.
  the incident angle
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cutoff wavelength of a dichroic mirror is a sensitive function of the incident angle.
  Compressive force on the platelet, on the other hand, is a function of both the incident angle and shear rate.
  Mirror size and shape is based on the diameter of the beam to be reflected, the incident angle, and the required scan angle.
  Note that the incident angle is the angle between the laser beam and the normal to the interface.
  The sample chamber could be rotated to alter the incident angle for both reflective and transmissive diffraction.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- 'falling upon, happening to', from the verb incidere, from in- 'upon' + cadere 'to fall'.

accident from Late Middle English:
An accident was originally ‘an event, something that happens’, not necessarily a mishap. It came into English via Old French, ultimately from Latin cadere, meaning ‘to fall’, which also gave us words such as cadaver (Late Middle English) ‘someone fallen’, chance, decay (Late Middle English) ‘fall away’, incident (Late Middle English) ‘fall upon’ so ‘happen’; and occasion (Late Middle English). The idea of an event ‘falling’ remains in the English word befall (Old English). Later the meaning of accident evolved into ‘something that happens by chance’, as in the phrase a happy accident. By the 17th century the modern meaning had become established in the language. The full form of the proverb accidents will happen, which dates from the early 19th century, is accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. According to Mr Micawber in Charles Dickens's David Copperfield (1850): ‘Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by…the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they must be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.’ See also adventure

Rhymes

coincident

Definition of incident in US English:

incident

nounˈɪnsəd(ə)ntˈinsəd(ə)nt

1An event or occurrence.
several amusing incidents
Example sentencesExamples
- Opposition councillors have questioned how the incident was allowed to happen in the first place.
- When these incidents happen it is wasteful for the time of business people travelling through.
- I would like to relate a recent incident that happened to one of my friends in her 30s.
- That's one of the really fun things about writing - you can take incidents that happened to you, and you can relate them and make them part of somebody else's story.
- Then a couple of incidents happened one after the other that changed my life.
- The embarrassing incident happened just a day after their debut album ‘Handshakes for Bullets’ was released.
- Finally she calmed down and, regaining composure, proceeded with the wedding as if the incident had never happened.
- Lipton survived the affair and told shareholders the incident had happened years before and the practice had been given up.
- Wildlife rescuers said they were shocked and devastated by three incidents, which have happened in the past week.
- The occurrence and magnitude of incidents related to economic, social and political instability are unpredictable.
- Over the years Arthur has had many amusing incidents happen to him.
- He saw that she showed no sign of being scared on account of the occurrence of a political incident.
- It chronicles where the incident happened, when, and in what circumstances.
- Space permits me to relate just two incidents that happened recently to members of the running fraternity in Sligo.
- The incident happened in 1994 as mourners gathered after the funeral of the boy's grandfather.
- I would like to relate to you and your readers an incident that happened to me not long ago and express my gratitude and admiration for all those involved.
- All reasonable people understand that acts of God, accidents, or incidents will happen that will affect the quality of drinking water.
- Similar explosive incidents happen regularly around the world and occasionally get into the press, or in Japan, on experimental TV.
- In a bizarre but later understandable chain of events, an incident happened in seconds that ruined the lives of four men and ended that of a fifth.
- All of these incidents started happening a year ago next year.
Synonyms
event, occurrence, occasion, episode, experience, happening, proceeding, eventuality, affair, business
1. 1.1 A violent event, such as a fracas or assault.
  one person was stabbed in the incident
  Example sentencesExamples
  Four footballers are facing court cases arising out of two separate alleged incidents involving violent assaults.
  Other incidents included violent disturbances, assault on a 23-year-old man, shouting threats to kill and spitting at residents.
  The woman was left shocked but uninjured after the incident, which happened at about 6.10 pm yesterday.
  A few days ago a man was sentenced to death for two separate incidents that occurred about a year ago - deliberately knocking two women off their scooters and trying to steal their bags.
  The court heard that there had been two earlier violent incidents before the fatal confrontation.
  Humberside Police launched the amnesty today in a bid to get the deadly weapons off the streets, and said there had been 84 recorded incidents of violent crime in the area in January and February alone.
  The incident happened in the afternoon near the main bus stand in the communally sensitive North Gujarat town, which has witnessed several violent incidents in recent weeks.
  The drivers claim they are at risk because of the nature of the job, and say that police have not been responding efficiently to emergency calls following assaults and violent incidents.
  The assault was the latest in a series of violent incidents involving bus crews in Yorkshire which has led to a series of suspensions and threatened withdrawals of bus services.
  Police are investigating two incidents that occurred within hours of each other on opposite sides of the city.
  Such is the prevalence of workplace violence that an entire industry has sprung up dedicated to predicting violent incidents and attempting to prevent them.
  But another resident, who asked not to be named, said she was considering leaving the area after hearing of several unrelated but violent incidents in Portswood and Inner Avenue.
  Shockingly, even a teacher is listed as a perpetrator in a Yorkshire council's tables, which show a total of 173 racist incidents from name-calling to assault.
  Most patients were young lads with a Northern Irish accent, usually victims of violent incidents like stone throwing, assaults, or even punishment beatings.
  Women have been warned to be on their guard following a spate of violent incidents involving men posing as private hire taxi drivers.
  They were given unrestricted access to officers and police documentation, and attended events and incidents as they happened.
  In May, Davie police charged him with domestic violence and aggravated assault after the incident with the hammer.
  The first incident happened when riot police were called to a ‘serious’ disturbance between rival fans at the pub.
  Airedale Hospital in rural Steeton, near Keighley, has had nearly 140 reported violent incidents last year, ranging from verbal abuse to actual assault.
  But most of the incidents were fighting between individuals, minor public order incidents and minor assaults.
  Synonyms
  disturbance, fracas, melee, commotion, rumpus, scene
2. 1.2 A hostile clash between forces of rival countries.
  Example sentencesExamples
  During the incident, the Japanese force had total control of the skies over Shanghai.
  A CNN crew embedded at ground forces headquarters witnessed the incident.
  It represents the heaviest loss of British life in a single hostile incident since the war began.
  In recent weeks there have been repeated incidents in which forces have demolished homes believed to belong to members of the resistance.
  If the Germans did not like it, they could attack American forces… Everything was to be done to force an incident.
  Synonyms
  confrontation, skirmish, brush, encounter, engagement, collision, conflict, fight, battle
3. 1.3incident of A case or instance of something happening.
  a single incident of rudeness does not support a finding of contemptuous conduct
  Example sentencesExamples
  He recounts the incident of a man who came to beg for food for his starving child.
  What were they about - safety, pay, an incident of disciplinary action?
  And there is now a reported incident of a problem on a bus at Hackney.
  With regards to the incident of the phone being disconnected and the handset used for target practice, what would this achieve?
  Insp Alan King said it was the worst incident of large-scale violent behaviour witnessed in the town centre for some months.
  There is, for instance, the true incident of a man who was shot in an American nightclub.
  Killarney Gardai confirmed that an incident of alleged assault was under investigation.
  Participants were asked if they had ever experienced any incident of sexual abuse.
  Had you heard about this incident of him falling off the roof, and having seizures in the past?
  Another incident of a very sensitive nature was relayed to me by a supplier executive.
  Mr Loftus said this was the first incident of an apparent breach of planning conditions by the gas terminal developers.
  He said the extra defences were being left in place and condemned the latest incident of a sandbag being removed.
  In interview he said he had never before had an incident of under-age sales and confirmed he had received guidance on the sale of fireworks.
  Reporting of an incident of mass action influences action by another group.
  He responded to an incident of a man with a .38 revolver terrorizing his neighbors.
  As in previous studies, the single incident of bleeding occurred in an elderly woman.
  That was just an incident of a two friends forgetting who they were for a second.
  There has not been a single incident of a living Mahogany being uprooted in the area for a long time.
  If this was an isolated incident of bad service, it sure happened to the wrong customer.
  She added that every single incident of anti-social behaviour should be reported, no matter how trivial.
4. 1.4 The occurrence of dangerous or exciting things.
  the winter passed without incident
  Example sentencesExamples
  Such anticipation as I had was more pleasure than pain, and the event itself passed without drama or incident.
  The lives of fictional private detectives tend to be action-packed, dangerous and full of incident.
  The first meeting passed off without incident.
  The conversation shifted to other topics and the rest of the meal passed without incident.
  It was an hour packed with drama, incident, excitement, courage and endeavour.
  Synonyms
  excitement, adventure, exciting experiences, drama

adjectiveˈɪnsəd(ə)ntˈinsəd(ə)nt

1incident topredicative Likely to happen because of; resulting from.
the changes incident to economic development
Example sentencesExamples
- It is true if and only if the first argument is incident to the second.
1. 1.1Law Attaching to.
  the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption
  Example sentencesExamples
  The appellate court reversed, saying the search was lawful because it was incident to the arrest of the passenger.
  Covenants, obligations and liabilities incident to the estate.
2(especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something.
when an ion beam is incident on a surface
Example sentencesExamples
- This orientation minimizes the polymer's exposure to incident light and hence lowers observed fluorescence.
- There is a resonant interaction of the incident light with the surface plasmons on both surfaces of the metal film.
- The intensity of all monochromatic incident light was kept close using neutral density filters.
- The net effect is the diffraction of the incident radiation by the array of molecules.
- Further, nitrogen-based defensive compounds tend to increase under both high nutrient availability and reduced incident radiation.
1. 2.1Physics Relating to incidence.
  the incident angle
  Example sentencesExamples
  Compressive force on the platelet, on the other hand, is a function of both the incident angle and shear rate.
  The cutoff wavelength of a dichroic mirror is a sensitive function of the incident angle.
  Note that the incident angle is the angle between the laser beam and the normal to the interface.
  Mirror size and shape is based on the diameter of the beam to be reflected, the incident angle, and the required scan angle.
  The sample chamber could be rotated to alter the incident angle for both reflective and transmissive diffraction.

Usage

On the difference between incidents and incidence, see incidence

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’.

单词	incident
释义	Definition of incident in English: incident noun ˈɪnsɪd(ə)ntˈɪnsəd(ə)nt 1An instance of something happening; an event or occurrence. several amusing incidents there was not one incident of teasing from the 90 pupils Example sentencesExamples The embarrassing incident happened just a day after their debut album ‘Handshakes for Bullets’ was released. That's one of the really fun things about writing - you can take incidents that happened to you, and you can relate them and make them part of somebody else's story. The incident happened in 1994 as mourners gathered after the funeral of the boy's grandfather. The occurrence and magnitude of incidents related to economic, social and political instability are unpredictable. He saw that she showed no sign of being scared on account of the occurrence of a political incident. I would like to relate to you and your readers an incident that happened to me not long ago and express my gratitude and admiration for all those involved. Opposition councillors have questioned how the incident was allowed to happen in the first place. I would like to relate a recent incident that happened to one of my friends in her 30s. Similar explosive incidents happen regularly around the world and occasionally get into the press, or in Japan, on experimental TV. It chronicles where the incident happened, when, and in what circumstances. Wildlife rescuers said they were shocked and devastated by three incidents, which have happened in the past week. Over the years Arthur has had many amusing incidents happen to him. When these incidents happen it is wasteful for the time of business people travelling through. In a bizarre but later understandable chain of events, an incident happened in seconds that ruined the lives of four men and ended that of a fifth. All of these incidents started happening a year ago next year. All reasonable people understand that acts of God, accidents, or incidents will happen that will affect the quality of drinking water. Space permits me to relate just two incidents that happened recently to members of the running fraternity in Sligo. Lipton survived the affair and told shareholders the incident had happened years before and the practice had been given up. Finally she calmed down and, regaining composure, proceeded with the wedding as if the incident had never happened. Then a couple of incidents happened one after the other that changed my life. Synonyms event, occurrence, occasion, episode, experience, happening, proceeding, eventuality, affair, business adventure, exploit, escapade, deed, feat matter, circumstance, fact, development 1.1 A violent event, such as a fracas or assault. one person was stabbed in the incident Example sentencesExamples The first incident happened when riot police were called to a ‘serious’ disturbance between rival fans at the pub. Shockingly, even a teacher is listed as a perpetrator in a Yorkshire council's tables, which show a total of 173 racist incidents from name-calling to assault. They were given unrestricted access to officers and police documentation, and attended events and incidents as they happened. A few days ago a man was sentenced to death for two separate incidents that occurred about a year ago - deliberately knocking two women off their scooters and trying to steal their bags. Airedale Hospital in rural Steeton, near Keighley, has had nearly 140 reported violent incidents last year, ranging from verbal abuse to actual assault. The assault was the latest in a series of violent incidents involving bus crews in Yorkshire which has led to a series of suspensions and threatened withdrawals of bus services. The court heard that there had been two earlier violent incidents before the fatal confrontation. But another resident, who asked not to be named, said she was considering leaving the area after hearing of several unrelated but violent incidents in Portswood and Inner Avenue. In May, Davie police charged him with domestic violence and aggravated assault after the incident with the hammer. Four footballers are facing court cases arising out of two separate alleged incidents involving violent assaults. Such is the prevalence of workplace violence that an entire industry has sprung up dedicated to predicting violent incidents and attempting to prevent them. The incident happened in the afternoon near the main bus stand in the communally sensitive North Gujarat town, which has witnessed several violent incidents in recent weeks. But most of the incidents were fighting between individuals, minor public order incidents and minor assaults. The woman was left shocked but uninjured after the incident, which happened at about 6.10 pm yesterday. Most patients were young lads with a Northern Irish accent, usually victims of violent incidents like stone throwing, assaults, or even punishment beatings. Police are investigating two incidents that occurred within hours of each other on opposite sides of the city. Other incidents included violent disturbances, assault on a 23-year-old man, shouting threats to kill and spitting at residents. Women have been warned to be on their guard following a spate of violent incidents involving men posing as private hire taxi drivers. Humberside Police launched the amnesty today in a bid to get the deadly weapons off the streets, and said there had been 84 recorded incidents of violent crime in the area in January and February alone. The drivers claim they are at risk because of the nature of the job, and say that police have not been responding efficiently to emergency calls following assaults and violent incidents. Synonyms disturbance, fracas, melee, commotion, rumpus, scene fight, skirmish, clash, brawl, free-for-all, encounter, conflict, confrontation, altercation, contretemps Irish, North American, &amp Australian donnybrook West Indian bangarang informal ruction, ruckus, argy-bargy British informal, Football afters Law, dated affray 1.2 A hostile clash between forces of rival countries. the US regretted the incident Example sentencesExamples A CNN crew embedded at ground forces headquarters witnessed the incident. If the Germans did not like it, they could attack American forces… Everything was to be done to force an incident. During the incident, the Japanese force had total control of the skies over Shanghai. It represents the heaviest loss of British life in a single hostile incident since the war began. In recent weeks there have been repeated incidents in which forces have demolished homes believed to belong to members of the resistance. Synonyms confrontation, skirmish, brush, encounter, engagement, collision, conflict, fight, battle 1.3mass noun The occurrence of dangerous or exciting things. my period in Egypt wasn't without incident Example sentencesExamples Such anticipation as I had was more pleasure than pain, and the event itself passed without drama or incident. The conversation shifted to other topics and the rest of the meal passed without incident. The first meeting passed off without incident. The lives of fictional private detectives tend to be action-packed, dangerous and full of incident. It was an hour packed with drama, incident, excitement, courage and endeavour. Synonyms excitement, adventure, exciting experiences, drama danger, peril, dangerous/perilous experiences 2Law A privilege, burden, or right attaching to an office, estate, or other holding. Example sentencesExamples It is to do with the incidents that attach to such an estate. Among the standard incidents of ownership are the right to exclusive physical control, the right to use it, the right to decide how and by whom it is to be used, and the right to alienate it. adjective ˈɪnsɪd(ə)ntˈɪnsəd(ə)nt 1incident toLiable to happen because of; resulting from. the changes incident to economic development Example sentencesExamples It is true if and only if the first argument is incident to the second. 1.1Law Attaching to. the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption Example sentencesExamples The appellate court reversed, saying the search was lawful because it was incident to the arrest of the passenger. Covenants, obligations and liabilities incident to the estate. 2(especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something. when an ion beam is incident on a surface Example sentencesExamples The intensity of all monochromatic incident light was kept close using neutral density filters. The net effect is the diffraction of the incident radiation by the array of molecules. There is a resonant interaction of the incident light with the surface plasmons on both surfaces of the metal film. Further, nitrogen-based defensive compounds tend to increase under both high nutrient availability and reduced incident radiation. This orientation minimizes the polymer's exposure to incident light and hence lowers observed fluorescence. 2.1Physics Relating to incidence. the incident angle Example sentencesExamples The cutoff wavelength of a dichroic mirror is a sensitive function of the incident angle. Compressive force on the platelet, on the other hand, is a function of both the incident angle and shear rate. Mirror size and shape is based on the diameter of the beam to be reflected, the incident angle, and the required scan angle. Note that the incident angle is the angle between the laser beam and the normal to the interface. The sample chamber could be rotated to alter the incident angle for both reflective and transmissive diffraction. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- 'falling upon, happening to', from the verb incidere, from in- 'upon' + cadere 'to fall'. accident from Late Middle English: An accident was originally ‘an event, something that happens’, not necessarily a mishap. It came into English via Old French, ultimately from Latin cadere, meaning ‘to fall’, which also gave us words such as cadaver (Late Middle English) ‘someone fallen’, chance, decay (Late Middle English) ‘fall away’, incident (Late Middle English) ‘fall upon’ so ‘happen’; and occasion (Late Middle English). The idea of an event ‘falling’ remains in the English word befall (Old English). Later the meaning of accident evolved into ‘something that happens by chance’, as in the phrase a happy accident. By the 17th century the modern meaning had become established in the language. The full form of the proverb accidents will happen, which dates from the early 19th century, is accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. According to Mr Micawber in Charles Dickens's David Copperfield (1850): ‘Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by…the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they must be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.’ See also adventure Rhymes coincident Definition of incident in US English: incident nounˈɪnsəd(ə)ntˈinsəd(ə)nt 1An event or occurrence. several amusing incidents Example sentencesExamples Opposition councillors have questioned how the incident was allowed to happen in the first place. When these incidents happen it is wasteful for the time of business people travelling through. I would like to relate a recent incident that happened to one of my friends in her 30s. That's one of the really fun things about writing - you can take incidents that happened to you, and you can relate them and make them part of somebody else's story. Then a couple of incidents happened one after the other that changed my life. The embarrassing incident happened just a day after their debut album ‘Handshakes for Bullets’ was released. Finally she calmed down and, regaining composure, proceeded with the wedding as if the incident had never happened. Lipton survived the affair and told shareholders the incident had happened years before and the practice had been given up. Wildlife rescuers said they were shocked and devastated by three incidents, which have happened in the past week. The occurrence and magnitude of incidents related to economic, social and political instability are unpredictable. Over the years Arthur has had many amusing incidents happen to him. He saw that she showed no sign of being scared on account of the occurrence of a political incident. It chronicles where the incident happened, when, and in what circumstances. Space permits me to relate just two incidents that happened recently to members of the running fraternity in Sligo. The incident happened in 1994 as mourners gathered after the funeral of the boy's grandfather. I would like to relate to you and your readers an incident that happened to me not long ago and express my gratitude and admiration for all those involved. All reasonable people understand that acts of God, accidents, or incidents will happen that will affect the quality of drinking water. Similar explosive incidents happen regularly around the world and occasionally get into the press, or in Japan, on experimental TV. In a bizarre but later understandable chain of events, an incident happened in seconds that ruined the lives of four men and ended that of a fifth. All of these incidents started happening a year ago next year. Synonyms event, occurrence, occasion, episode, experience, happening, proceeding, eventuality, affair, business 1.1 A violent event, such as a fracas or assault. one person was stabbed in the incident Example sentencesExamples Four footballers are facing court cases arising out of two separate alleged incidents involving violent assaults. Other incidents included violent disturbances, assault on a 23-year-old man, shouting threats to kill and spitting at residents. The woman was left shocked but uninjured after the incident, which happened at about 6.10 pm yesterday. A few days ago a man was sentenced to death for two separate incidents that occurred about a year ago - deliberately knocking two women off their scooters and trying to steal their bags. The court heard that there had been two earlier violent incidents before the fatal confrontation. Humberside Police launched the amnesty today in a bid to get the deadly weapons off the streets, and said there had been 84 recorded incidents of violent crime in the area in January and February alone. The incident happened in the afternoon near the main bus stand in the communally sensitive North Gujarat town, which has witnessed several violent incidents in recent weeks. The drivers claim they are at risk because of the nature of the job, and say that police have not been responding efficiently to emergency calls following assaults and violent incidents. The assault was the latest in a series of violent incidents involving bus crews in Yorkshire which has led to a series of suspensions and threatened withdrawals of bus services. Police are investigating two incidents that occurred within hours of each other on opposite sides of the city. Such is the prevalence of workplace violence that an entire industry has sprung up dedicated to predicting violent incidents and attempting to prevent them. But another resident, who asked not to be named, said she was considering leaving the area after hearing of several unrelated but violent incidents in Portswood and Inner Avenue. Shockingly, even a teacher is listed as a perpetrator in a Yorkshire council's tables, which show a total of 173 racist incidents from name-calling to assault. Most patients were young lads with a Northern Irish accent, usually victims of violent incidents like stone throwing, assaults, or even punishment beatings. Women have been warned to be on their guard following a spate of violent incidents involving men posing as private hire taxi drivers. They were given unrestricted access to officers and police documentation, and attended events and incidents as they happened. In May, Davie police charged him with domestic violence and aggravated assault after the incident with the hammer. The first incident happened when riot police were called to a ‘serious’ disturbance between rival fans at the pub. Airedale Hospital in rural Steeton, near Keighley, has had nearly 140 reported violent incidents last year, ranging from verbal abuse to actual assault. But most of the incidents were fighting between individuals, minor public order incidents and minor assaults. Synonyms disturbance, fracas, melee, commotion, rumpus, scene 1.2 A hostile clash between forces of rival countries. Example sentencesExamples During the incident, the Japanese force had total control of the skies over Shanghai. A CNN crew embedded at ground forces headquarters witnessed the incident. It represents the heaviest loss of British life in a single hostile incident since the war began. In recent weeks there have been repeated incidents in which forces have demolished homes believed to belong to members of the resistance. If the Germans did not like it, they could attack American forces… Everything was to be done to force an incident. Synonyms confrontation, skirmish, brush, encounter, engagement, collision, conflict, fight, battle 1.3incident of A case or instance of something happening. a single incident of rudeness does not support a finding of contemptuous conduct Example sentencesExamples He recounts the incident of a man who came to beg for food for his starving child. What were they about - safety, pay, an incident of disciplinary action? And there is now a reported incident of a problem on a bus at Hackney. With regards to the incident of the phone being disconnected and the handset used for target practice, what would this achieve? Insp Alan King said it was the worst incident of large-scale violent behaviour witnessed in the town centre for some months. There is, for instance, the true incident of a man who was shot in an American nightclub. Killarney Gardai confirmed that an incident of alleged assault was under investigation. Participants were asked if they had ever experienced any incident of sexual abuse. Had you heard about this incident of him falling off the roof, and having seizures in the past? Another incident of a very sensitive nature was relayed to me by a supplier executive. Mr Loftus said this was the first incident of an apparent breach of planning conditions by the gas terminal developers. He said the extra defences were being left in place and condemned the latest incident of a sandbag being removed. In interview he said he had never before had an incident of under-age sales and confirmed he had received guidance on the sale of fireworks. Reporting of an incident of mass action influences action by another group. He responded to an incident of a man with a .38 revolver terrorizing his neighbors. As in previous studies, the single incident of bleeding occurred in an elderly woman. That was just an incident of a two friends forgetting who they were for a second. There has not been a single incident of a living Mahogany being uprooted in the area for a long time. If this was an isolated incident of bad service, it sure happened to the wrong customer. She added that every single incident of anti-social behaviour should be reported, no matter how trivial. 1.4 The occurrence of dangerous or exciting things. the winter passed without incident Example sentencesExamples Such anticipation as I had was more pleasure than pain, and the event itself passed without drama or incident. The lives of fictional private detectives tend to be action-packed, dangerous and full of incident. The first meeting passed off without incident. The conversation shifted to other topics and the rest of the meal passed without incident. It was an hour packed with drama, incident, excitement, courage and endeavour. Synonyms excitement, adventure, exciting experiences, drama adjectiveˈɪnsəd(ə)ntˈinsəd(ə)nt 1incident topredicative Likely to happen because of; resulting from. the changes incident to economic development Example sentencesExamples It is true if and only if the first argument is incident to the second. 1.1Law Attaching to. the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption Example sentencesExamples The appellate court reversed, saying the search was lawful because it was incident to the arrest of the passenger. Covenants, obligations and liabilities incident to the estate. 2(especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something. when an ion beam is incident on a surface Example sentencesExamples This orientation minimizes the polymer's exposure to incident light and hence lowers observed fluorescence. There is a resonant interaction of the incident light with the surface plasmons on both surfaces of the metal film. The intensity of all monochromatic incident light was kept close using neutral density filters. The net effect is the diffraction of the incident radiation by the array of molecules. Further, nitrogen-based defensive compounds tend to increase under both high nutrient availability and reduced incident radiation. 2.1Physics Relating to incidence. the incident angle Example sentencesExamples Compressive force on the platelet, on the other hand, is a function of both the incident angle and shear rate. The cutoff wavelength of a dichroic mirror is a sensitive function of the incident angle. Note that the incident angle is the angle between the laser beam and the normal to the interface. Mirror size and shape is based on the diameter of the beam to be reflected, the incident angle, and the required scan angle. The sample chamber could be rotated to alter the incident angle for both reflective and transmissive diffraction. Usage On the difference between incidents and incidence, see incidence Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’.
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