incident

  • 31incident — in|ci|dent W2 [ˈınsıdənt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin, present participle of incidere to fall into ] 1.) an event, especially one that is unusual, important, or violent ▪ A spokesman said it was an isolated incident . ▪ Am I at… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32incident — {{11}}incident (adj.) conducive (to), contributing (to), early 15c., from M.Fr. incident (adj.) or directly from L. incidens, prp. of incidere (see INCIDENT (Cf. incident) (n.)). {{12}}incident (n.) early 15c., something which occurs casually in… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 33incident — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin incident , incidens, from Latin, present participle of incidere to fall into, from in + cadere to fall more at chance Date: 15th century 1. something dependent on or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34incident — Going toward; impinging upon, as i. rays. [L. incido, pp. casus, to fall into, to meet with] * * * in·ci·dent in(t) səd ənt, sə .dent adj falling or striking on something <incident light rays> <incident radiation> * * * in·ci·dent… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 35incident — [[t]ɪ̱nsɪdənt[/t]] ♦♦ incidents N COUNT: also without N An incident is something that happens, often something that is unpleasant. [FORMAL] These incidents were the latest in a series of disputes between the two nations... 26 people have been… …

    English dictionary

  • 36incidènt — ênta in énta m (ȅ é, ẹ) nepričakovan, neprijeten dogodek, ki prekine normalen potek kakega dejanja, dela: sestanek je minil brez incidentov; kongres je zmotil neprijeten incident / ekspr. imel je mučen incident s profesorjem prepir, spor //… …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 37incident — Something dependent upon, appertaining or subordinate to, or accompanying something else of greater or principal importance, something arising or resulting from something else of greater or principal importance. Mola v. Reiley, 100 N.J.Super. 343 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 38incident — Something dependent upon, appertaining or subordinate to, or accompanying something else of greater or principal importance, something arising or resulting from something else of greater or principal importance. Mola v. Reiley, 100 N.J.Super. 343 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 39INCIDENT — ENTE. adj. Il se dit De certains cas qui surviennent dans les affaires, et s emploie principalement dans le style de Pratique. Une demande incidente. Une requête incidente. Une question, une contestation incidente.   En Gram., Proposition, phrase …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 40incident — [15] An incident is literally that which ‘befalls’. In common with accident and occident, and a wide range of other English words, from cadaver to occasion, it comes ultimately from Latin cadere ‘fall’. This was combined with the prefix in ‘on’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins