incident in English: Something that happens, usually something bad or out of the ordinary. (noun)

Translation

Something that happens, usually something bad or out of the ordinary.

Word origin

From Latin incidere meaning to fall upon, from in- meaning on and cadere meaning to fall.

Gender

Pluralincidents

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Incident is a careful word for trouble when you do not want to say more.

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An incident is usually smaller than an accident or a crime.

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Schools, police and hospitals all write up incidents.

accident

Something bad that happens without anyone wanting it, such as two cars hitting each other.

event

Something that happens, especially something important or planned.

happen

To take place, often without being planned.

problem

A difficult thing that you need to deal with or a question you need to answer.

police

The official group of people whose job is to stop crime and keep people safe.

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