incident

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An event or occurrence, especially an unusual or unpleasant one.

   She could not remember exactly when the incident happened.

2. 2
   noun

   A disturbance or violent event that needs official attention.

   The police investigated an incident at the bus station.

Common collocations

• embarrassing incident Adjective + noun

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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