Incident | Mean of incident in English Dictionary
/ˈɪnsədənt/
- Noun
- an unexpected and usually unpleasant thing that happens
- We just want to put that embarrassing incident behind us.
- Two people were shot yesterday in two separate incidents.
- Aside from a few isolated incidents, the crowd was well-behaved.
- a shooting incident
- Many such incidents go unreported.
- The suspects were arrested without incident. [=without any unexpected trouble]
- an event or disagreement that is likely to cause serious problems in relations between countries
- a border incident
- The bombing caused/provoked an international incident.