{
    "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’."
}