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# incursion

noun (an incursion, incursions; formal)

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

## Everyday

1. A sudden attack on or invasion of a place, often short. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incursion/#m1)
2. (formal) Coming into a place or area where you are not wanted or not expected: the incursion of sea water into a field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incursion/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and news, an incursion is a raid across a border, such as Viking incursions into England or military incursions reported between countries. In geography and science, sea water or weeds make incursions into land or crops. Phrases: an incursion into, border incursion, Viking incursions.

### Examples

- Viking incursions terrified villages along the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incursion/#x1)
- The army reported an incursion across the border. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incursion/#x2)
- The storm caused an incursion of sea water into the fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incursion/#x3)
- Rabbits made nightly incursions into our vegetable patch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incursion/#x4)
- The news described the drone incursion as a serious threat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incursion/#x5)
- Foxes made an incursion into the henhouse last night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incursion/#x6)

### Note

Formal word; usually followed by «into». Similar: «raid», «invasion» (bigger and longer). In news about wars, each side may describe the same event differently.

## On Mova

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