1 [C] something that happens, especially sth unusual or unpleasant:
His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. * One particular incident sticks in my mind.
2 [C,U] a serious or violent event, such as a crime, an accident or an attack:
There was a shooting incident near here last night. * (BrE) The police are setting up an incident room near the murder spot (= where they can collect evidence, etc.). * The demonstration passed off without incident.
3 [C] a disagreement between two countries, often involving military forces:
a border / diplomatic incident -< EVENT
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for incident is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is incident a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, incident is tagged as noun.
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