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US
/ˈɪnsədənt/
]
[ UK /ˈɪnsɪdənt/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪnsɪdənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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falling or striking of light rays on something
incident light -
(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
confusion incidental to a quick change
the road will bring other incidental advantages
labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion
extra duties incidental to the job
incidental expenses
NOUN
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a public disturbance
the police investigated an incident at the bus station - a single distinct event
How To Use incident In A Sentence
- Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
- A single incident suggests a great deal about Hennepinhis prudery, his belligerence, his sensitivity.
- A little diner food helped, but after the incident with the couple on the street all I wanted was to go home, take a shower, slather lotion on my blistered tootsies, and lick my wounds.
- He added: ‘As far as I know nobody was injured at the incident, although the football match was abandoned.’
- Other cast members recalled the incident on Twitter. Times, Sunday Times
- Then they recruited him (not their first choice, incidentally) to do the donkey work.
- THE timing of these arrests is interesting and may not be coincidental. The Sun
- Incidentally, while this naturally brings up an analogy to the constitutional right to an abortion, the analogy is complex.
- We may look like lobsters, or tuna fish, but that is purely coincidental. Times, Sunday Times
- Not incidentally — one of the best 1930s fake-modern piano concerti ever tossed into a film. Proof through the night