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incident


 
  Grep  of  noun  incident 
  incident 
  incidental 
  incidental  expense 
  incidental  music 
 
  Overview  of  noun  incident 
 
  The  noun  incident  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (22)  incident  --  (a  single  distinct  event) 
  2.  incident  --  (a  public  disturbance:  "the  police  investigated  an  incident  at  the  bus  station") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  incident 
 
  The  adj  incident  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  incident  --  (falling  or  striking  on  something) 
  2.  incidental,  incident  --  ((sometimes  followed  by  `to')  minor  or  casual  or  subordinate  in  significance  or  nature  or  occurring  as  a  chance  concomitant  or  consequence;  "incidental  expenses";  "the  road  will  bring  other  incidental  advantages";  "extra  duties  incidental  to  the  job";  "labor  problems  incidental  to  a  rapid  expansion";  "confusion  incident  to  a  quick  change") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  incident 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  incident 
 
  Sense  2 
  incidental  (vs.  basic),  incident 
 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  incident 
 
  2  senses  of  incident 
 
  Sense  1 
  incident 
  Pertains  to  noun  incidence  (Sense  2) 
  =>incidence 
  =>  optical  phenomenon 
 
  Sense  2 
  incidental  (vs.  basic),  incident 
  =>  parenthetic,  parenthetical 
  =>  secondary 
  =>  side(postnominal),  by(postnominal),  bye(postnominal) 
  =>  peripheral 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  incident 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  incident 
 
  incident  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  incident 
  coincident 
  incident 
  incidental 
  incidental  to 
 
  Overview  of  noun  incident 
 
  The  noun  incident  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (22)  incident  --  (a  single  distinct  event) 
  2.  incident  --  (a  public  disturbance:  "the  police  investigated  an  incident  at  the  bus  station") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  incident 
 
  The  adj  incident  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  incident  --  (falling  or  striking  on  something) 
  2.  incidental,  incident  --  ((sometimes  followed  by  `to')  minor  or  casual  or  subordinate  in  significance  or  nature  or  occurring  as  a  chance  concomitant  or  consequence;  "incidental  expenses";  "the  road  will  bring  other  incidental  advantages";  "extra  duties  incidental  to  the  job";  "labor  problems  incidental  to  a  rapid  expansion";  "confusion  incident  to  a  quick  change") 



incident definition