Insidente

incidence; incident; occurrence; casenoun

Alternative meanings

An event, occurrence, or case that happens and can be recorded, reported, or analyzed. In statistics or health, incidence can refer to the frequency or rate at which new cases appear in a population.

Pronunciation

in-see-DEN-teh

Root and affixes

Loanword adapted from incident. It is related to hitabo or panghitabo, event or occurrence. For incidence as a rate, it can be expressed as gidaghanon sa bag-ong kaso or tasa sa insidente.

Variants or conjugations

event; occurrence; accident; case; incident rate; number of cases

Related words and expressions

event; case; report; statistics; situation; impact; accident

Meaning and usage notes

Insidente works for incidencia when referring to a case, event, or report. If incidence means statistical frequency, it is better explained as a rate or number of new cases.