incident

Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a single distinct event
  2. noun a public disturbance
  3. adjective falling or striking of light rays on something

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”).

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
happening
Narrower (hyponyms)
scene, cause celebre, infection, sideshow

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