| NOUN | event | incident | a single distinct event |
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| state | incident | a public disturbance | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | incident | falling or striking of light rays on something |
| all | incident, incidental | (sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence |
| Sounds | ih'nsahdahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | falling or striking of light rays on something. | |
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| Example | "incident light" | |
| Spanish | incidente | |
| Nouns | incidence | the striking of a light beam on a surface |
| Meaning | (sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence. | |
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| Synonym | incidental | |
| Narrower | omissible | capable of being left out |
| parenthetic, parenthetical | Qualifying or explaining | |
| peripheral | related to the key issue but not of central importance | |
| secondary | Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | |
| Opposite | basic | pertaining to or constituting / constituting a base or basis |
| Spanish | circunstancial, incidental | |
| Catalan | circumstancial, incidental | |
| Meaning | A single distinct event. | |
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| Part of | episode | A happening that is distinctive in a series of related events |
| Narrower | cause celebre | An incident that attracts great public attention |
| infection, contagion, transmission | An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | |
| scene | An incident (real or imaginary) | |
| sideshow | A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | incidente | |
| Catalan | incident | |
| Meaning | A public disturbance. | |
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| Example | "the police investigated an incident at the bus station" | |
| Broader | disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle | A disorderly outburst or tumult |
| Spanish | incidente | |
| Catalan | incident | |
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