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{
"term": "incident",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "something that happens, especially something unusual or unpleasant",
"sensetop": "incident with somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "His bad behaviour was just an **isolated incident**."
},
{
"text": "The most recent **incident occurred** last January."
},
{
"text": "She couldn't have been more than five years old when the **incident happened**."
},
{
"text": "One particular incident sticks in my mind."
},
{
"text": "The hot-headed tennis star became **involved in an incident** with the umpire.",
"contextForm": "incident with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He came to regret the whole incident."
},
{
"text": "She recalled a similar incident 14 months earlier."
},
{
"text": "He was asked to leave the club following an incident at a training camp."
},
{
"text": "She was asked whether she had ever experienced any incidents of discrimination."
},
{
"text": "He described the incident as outrageous."
},
{
"text": "She was never disciplined over the incident."
},
{
"text": "The incident sparked a riot which lasted three days."
},
{
"text": "The incident was extremely well handled."
},
{
"text": "The story is based on an actual incident."
},
{
"text": "They all laughed as he recounted the amusing incident."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "serious", "little"],
"verb + incident": ["cause", "create", "provoke"],
"incident + verb": ["happen", "occur", "take place"],
"incident + noun": ["room"],
"preposition": [
"incident with",
"following an/the incident",
"in an/the incident"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a serious or violent event, such as a crime, an accident or an attack",
"sensetop": "in an incidentwithout incidentincident with somebody/somethingincident of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **violent/serious incident**"
},
{
"text": "There was a shooting incident near here last night."
},
{
"text": "She **reported the incident** to the police."
},
{
"text": "He said that the authorities would **investigate the incident**."
},
{
"text": "A 36-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were stabbed in **separate incidents**.",
"contextForm": "in an incident"
},
{
"text": "The demonstration passed off without incident.",
"contextForm": "without incident"
},
{
"text": "It was an **alleged incident** with a cleaner in this hotel that led to his dismissal.",
"contextForm": "incident with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "There had been a number of **incidents of violence** against staff.",
"contextForm": "incident of something"
},
{
"text": "After nearly falling twice, she managed to make it to the top of the cliff without further incident."
},
{
"text": "His back still hurts from an incident with a vacuum cleaner."
},
{
"text": "It is feared that the attack may not have been an isolated incident."
},
{
"text": "No major security incidents happened at the Olympic Games that year."
},
{
"text": "Saturday's incident illustrates the fragility of the peace in the country."
},
{
"text": "She received a serious jaw injury in an off-the-ball incident."
},
{
"text": "The group is believed to have been responsible for several terrorist incidents."
},
{
"text": "another terrorist incident involving aircraft"
},
{
"text": "The patrol had covered 200 miles without incident."
},
{
"text": "The pedestrian who had nearly been run over reported the incident to the police."
},
{
"text": "The police said that two men had been arrested after the match in unrelated incidents."
},
{
"text": "Three soldiers were wounded in the incident."
},
{
"text": "The jury was satisfied that the incident had taken place."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "serious", "little"],
"verb + incident": ["cause", "create", "provoke"],
"incident + verb": ["happen", "occur", "take place"],
"incident + noun": ["room"],
"preposition": [
"incident with",
"following an/the incident",
"in an/the incident"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a disagreement between two countries, often involving military forces",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a border/diplomatic incident"
},
{
"text": "An error in the translation nearly caused a diplomatic incident."
},
{
"text": "Talks between the neighbouring countries were called off following a border incident."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "serious", "little"],
"verb + incident": ["cause", "create", "provoke"],
"incident + verb": ["happen", "occur", "take place"],
"incident + noun": ["room"],
"preposition": [
"incident with",
"following an/the incident",
"in an/the incident"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪnsɪdənt/",
"audio": "in/incident/incident__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪnsɪdənt/",
"audio": "in/incident/incident__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’."
}