Dictionary Entry
incidence
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/in-sid-ens/Word FrequencyCommon (4.55)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)The act of something happening; occurrence.
In a Sentence
“Writers often choose incidence when discussing complex ideas.”
Published Usage Examples
“As any tax economist will tell you, who ultimately pays a tax (what they call the incidence of a tax) depends on the nature and circumstances of the tax.”
“The Total Federal Tax incidence is in the same table at the source.”
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Origin
Late Middle English from Latin incidere ‘to fall upon’, from in‑‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “incidence”
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