incident
An event or occurrence.
Noun 3 meanings
An event or occurrence.
“She could not recall the time of the incident.”
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.
Adjective 4 meanings
Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
“No major hazards incident to this job.”
Falling on or striking a surface.
“The incident light illuminated the 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.
“17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana the studies incident to his profession”
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”).
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INCIDENT at a glance
INCIDENT has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + C 3 + I 1 + D 2 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,735 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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