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# incident

noun (an incident, incidents)

«incident» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An incident is something that happens, especially something unusual, unpleasant or dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#m1)
2. (formal) An incident is used in police and news reports for a crime, accident or fight, sometimes as a softer word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school and safety texts an incident is any event to report: a fall, a fight, a fire alarm. Teachers write incident reports. Phrases: «report an incident», «without incident», «a minor incident».

### Examples

- Please report any incident to a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#x1)
- There was a small incident in the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#x2)
- The trip went without incident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#x3)
- Police are investigating the incident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#x4)
- The incident book records every accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#x5)
- There were 3 incidents on Monday and 5 on Tuesday; how many in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#x6)
- Sometimes, however, a less familiar incident occurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Do not confuse with «accident» (unplanned harm) or «incidence» (how often something happens). Formal reports may use «incident» to soften something serious.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incident» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incident/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incident» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incident.html) on Mova free.