incident — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major, serious ▪ little, minor, small, trivial (esp. BrE) ▪ further ▪ After … Collocations dictionary
incident — I adj. (formal) (cannot stand alone) incident to (the risks incident to military service) II n. 1) to provoke an incident 2) to cover up, suppress an incident 3) an amusing, funny, humorous; curious; painful, unpleasant; pleasant; strange;… … Combinatory dictionary
amusing — a|mus|ing [əˈmju:zıŋ] adj funny and entertaining ▪ I don t find his jokes at all amusing . ▪ a highly amusing (=very amusing) film an amusing story/anecdote/incident etc ▪ The book is full of amusing stories about his childhood. mildly/vaguely… … Dictionary of contemporary English
amusing — adj. VERBS ▪ be, sound ▪ find sth, think sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
Incident at Loch Ness — Infobox Film | name = Incident at Loch Ness caption = director = Zak Penn producer = writer = Werner Herzog Zak Penn starring = Werner Herzog Zak Penn Kitana Baker music = Henning Lohner Lorne Balfe cinematography = John Bailey editing =… … Wikipedia
Amusing — Amuse A*muse ([.a]*m[=u]z ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amused} ([.a]*m[=u]zd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Amusing}.] [F. amuser to make stay, to detain, to amuse, [ a] (L. ad) + OF. muser. See {Muse}, v.] 1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
event, incident, episode — Each of these words refers to something that happens or is regarded as happening, to some action or occurrence. An event is an important happening, one connected with previous happenings: The principal event of the meeting was the report from the … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Lark — amusing incident … Dictionary of Australian slang
Fang Xuanling — (房玄齡) (579–648), formal name Fang Qiao (房喬) but went by the courtesy name of Xuanling, [That Fang s formal name was Qiao and courtesy name was Xuanling was per the Book of Tang , [http://ef.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/ccw/02/tan08.htm vol. 66] , although… … Wikipedia
event — eventless, adj. /i vent /, n. 1. something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, esp. one of some importance. 2. the outcome, issue, or result of anything: The venture had no successful event. 3. something that occurs in a… … Universalium
event — e•vent [[t]ɪˈvɛnt[/t]] n. 1) something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, esp. one of some importance 2) something that occurs in a certain place during a particular interval of time 3) the outcome, issue, or result of… … From formal English to slang