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| 1. | [ noun ] a single distinct event | |
| Related terms: | happening scene infection cause_celebre sideshow episode | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] falling or striking on something | |
| Related terms: | incidence | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence | |
| Synonyms: | incidental | |
| Examples: | "incidental expenses" "the road will bring other incidental advantages" "extra duties incidental to the job" |
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| Related terms: | basic by peripheral omissible secondary parenthetic | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a public disturbance | |
| Examples: | : "the police investigated an incident at the bus station" |
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| Related terms: | disturbance | |
| Similar spelling: |
incidental inside incidence incitement incitive inactive inaction incite insider inciter inside-out inside_out inactivity inactivate in_stride |
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