Incident

Noun

 * 1) An event or occurrence.
 * 2) A relatively minor event that is incidental to, or related to others
 * 3) An event that may cause or causes an interruption or a crisis
 * 4) In safety, an incident of workplace illness or injury

Derived terms

 * incidental
 * aviation incident
 * coincident
 * incident room

Related terms

 * accident
 * incidence
 * occident

Adjective

 * 1) Arising as the result of an event, inherent
 * 2)  (of a stream of particles or radiation) falling on or striking a surface (e.g. "The incident light illuminated the surface.")

Adjectives for Incident
tragic; astonishing;  romantic; fictitious cheery; comic; marvelous; simultaneous moving; thrilling; well-connected; pleasing dramatic;  principal;  ludicrous;  trifling amusing; terrifying; noteworthy; curious related; significant; humorous; minutest absurd; disturbing; long-forgotten; developing; ignoble; cruel; well-invented; chief burlesque; dreadful; historic; picturesque maddening; outstanding; shameful; illustrative; fruitful; illuminating; creditable; affecting; noticeable; distorted; unimportant; stirring; weird; dramatic; unrelated spectacular; poetic; expected; traumatic petty; noble; innocent; nonsensical; absurd frightful; monotonous.

Verbs for Incident
ascribe—to; climax—; compile—s; devise— found on—; illustrate—; lead up to—; misinterpret—; narrate—; record—; relate—; shudder at—; vivify—; —demonstrates; — exasperates; —exposes; —occurs; —reveals.

Thesaurus
action, adventure, affair, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, catastrophe, characterization, circumstance, color, commotion, complication, condition, conjuncture, contingency, continuity, contrivance, denouement, design, development, device, disturbance, do, episode, event, eventuality, experience, fable, fact, falling action, fracas, gimmick, hap, happening, happenstance, juncture, line, local color, matter of fact, mood, motif, movement, mythos, occasion, occurrence, particular, peripeteia, phenomenon, plan, plot, proceeding, reality, recognition, rising action, scene, scheme, secondary plot, set-to, skirmish, slant, story, structure, subject, subplot, switch, thematic development, theme, to-do, tone, topic, turn of events, twist, upset

Etymology
Recorded since 1412, from incidens:, the present active participle of incido:, itself from in-: + -cido:, the combining form of cado:.

Noun

 * Arabic: حادث, حادثة, واقعة
 * Armenian: դեպք, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: incident, voorval , episode, gebeuren , gebeurtenis
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , ,


 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: incidente
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: händelse, incident, tilldragelse


 * Dutch: incident, voorval , episode, gebeuren , gebeurtenis
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , ,


 * Polish: incydent
 * Romanian:, mic incident, minor incident
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Dutch: incident, voorval
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, (technical),
 * Polish: incydent


 * Romanian:, deranjament
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: incident
 * Swedish: olyckshändelse, tillbud


 * : incident, fait-divers , accident
 * : vahejuhtum
 * : Atburður
 * : సంఘటన, జరిగిన సంగతి, కథ

Adjective

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: johtuva
 * Greek: συναφής


 * Polish: wynikający, towarzyszący
 * Romanian:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: lankeava
 * German:
 * Greek: προσπίπτουσα (ακτίνα), προσπίπτων


 * Polish: padający
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: падающий

Etymology 1
Form of the verb incido:.

Etymology 2
Form of the verb incido:.