English Explanatory Dictionary

incident

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An event or occurrence.
  2. A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
  3. An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
  4. An event affecting an aircraft, usually a plane crash.
adj
  1. Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
  2. Falling on or striking a 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.
  4. Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
  5. Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
  6. In a relation of incidence

Pronunciation

/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/ en-us-incident.ogg

Word forms

incident incidents

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”).

Synonyms

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

Derived words

coincident critical incident stress management cyberincident incidency incidental incidentless incident report incident room incident ticket system nonincident noodle incident preincident seroincident subincident vaxident without incident

Translations

Azerbaijani: hadisə Azerbaijani: qəza Belarusian: інцыдэ́нт Belarusian: здарэ́нне Bengali: অকু Bengali: অকুআত Bulgarian: произше́ствие Bulgarian: инциде́нт Chinese Mandarin: 事件 Czech: incident Dutch: incident Dutch: voorval Finnish: välikohtaus Finnish: vaaratilanne Finnish: häiriötilanne Finnish: selkkaus Georgian: შემთხვევა Georgian: ინციდენტი German: Vorfall German: Störfall German: Ereignis German: Zwischenfall German: Affäre German: Fehler Hebrew: תַּקְרִית Hindi: दुर्घटना Hungarian: incidens Irish: eachtra Italian: imprevisto Italian: inconveniente Italian: incidente Italian: anomalia Japanese: 事故 Japanese: 事変 Khmer: ឧប្បត្តិហេតុ Korean: 사건 Lao: ອຸປະຕິເຫດ Macedonian: инциде́нт Macedonian: не́згода Persian: حادثه Polish: incydent Romanian: incident Romanian: deranjament Russian: происше́ствие Russian: инциде́нт Serbo-Croatian: инцѝдент Serbo-Croatian: нѐзгода Serbo-Croatian: incìdent Serbo-Croatian: nèzgoda Slovak: incident Slovene: incident Slovene: nezgoda Spanish: insuceso Swedish: incident Swedish: tillbud Swedish: olyckshändelse Tajik: ҳодиса Thai: อุบัติเหตุ Turkish: hadise Turkish: kaza Ukrainian: інциде́нт Uzbek: hodisa
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