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an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.
"he had an accident at the factory"
synonyms: mishap, misfortune, misadventure, mischance, unfortunate incident, injury, disaster, tragedy, catastrophe, contretemps, calamity, blow, trouble, problem, difficulty; More
a crash involving road or other vehicles.
"four people were killed in a road accident"
synonyms: crash, collision, smash, bump, car crash, car accident, road accident, traffic accident, road traffic accident, RTA, multiple crash, multiple collision; More
euphemistic
an incidence of incontinence by a child or animal.
"he had a little accident, but I washed his shorts out"
2. an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause.
"the pregnancy was an accident"
synonyms: chance, mere chance, coincidence, twist of fate, freak, hazard; piece of good fortune, (bit of) luck, (bit of) good luck, fluke, happy chance; serendipity, fate, fortuity, fortune, providence; happenstance
"it is no accident that there is a similarity between them"
accident
Line breaks: ac¦ci|dent
Pronunciation: /ˈaksɪd(ə)nt /
NOUN
1An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury:
he had an accident at the factory
[MASS NOUN]: if you are unable to work owing to accident or sickness
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SYNONYMS
1.1A crash involving road or other vehicles:
four people were killed in a road accident
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1.2 EUPHEMISTIC An incidence of incontinence by a child or animal:
he had a little accident, but I washed his shorts out
2An event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause:
the pregnancy was an accident
it is no accident that Manchester has produced more than its fair share of professional comics
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2.1 [MASS NOUN] The working of fortune; chance:
members belong to the House of Lords through hereditary right or accident of birth
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3 Philosophy (In Aristotelian thought) a property of a thing which is not essential to its nature.
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Origin
late Middle English (in the general sense 'an event'): via Old French from Latin accident- 'happening', from the verb accidere, from ad- 'towards, to' + cadere 'to fall'.
Phrases
accident and emergency
British A hospital department concerned with the provision of immediate treatment to people who are seriously injured in an accident or who are suddenly taken seriously ill.
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an accident waiting to happen
INFORMAL A potentially disastrous situation, typically caused by negligent or faulty procedures:
people living near the site where the boy was crushed to death said it was an accident waiting to happen
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accidents will happen in the best regulated families
PROVERB However careful you try to be, it is inevitable that some unfortunate or unforeseen events will occur:
problems like these should not occur, but accidents will happen
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by accident
Unintentionally; by chance:
she didn’t get where she is today by accident
nomadic hunters probably ended up on the new continent by accident
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without accident
Safely:
he was able to stop the train without accident
ac·ci·dent noun \ˈak-sə-dənt, -ˌdent; ˈaks-dənt\
: a sudden event (such as a crash) that is not planned or intended and that causes damage or injury
: an event that is not planned or intended : an event that occurs by chance
Full Definition of ACCIDENT
1 a : an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance
b : lack of intention or necessity : chance <met by accident rather than by design>
2 a : an unfortunate event resulting especially from carelessness or ignorance
b : an unexpected and medically important bodily event especially when injurious <a cerebrovascular accident>
c : an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the person injured but for which legal relief may be sought
d —used euphemistically to refer to an involuntary act or instance of urination or defecation
3 a nonessential property or quality of an entity or circumstance <the accident of nationality>
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Examples of ACCIDENT
He was injured in an accident at work.
The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.
Their meeting was an accident.
It is just an accident that they arrived when they did.
She says that her pregnancy was an accident.
Origin of ACCIDENT
Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin accident-, accidens nonessential quality, chance, from present participle of accidere to happen, from ad- + cadere to fall — more at chance
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to ACCIDENT
Synonyms
casualty, mischance, mishap
Related Words
calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, cropper, deathblow, disaster, tragedy; bummer, knock, misadventure, misfortune; collision, crack-up, crash, smashup, wreck
Near Antonyms
boon, break, fluke, godsend, miracle, strike, windfall; fortune, luck, serendipity
Rhymes with ACCIDENT
aliment, Blaenau Gwent, circumvent, compartment, complement, compliment, confident, devilment, diffident, discontent, document, evident, h...
ac·ci·dent noun \ˈak-səd-ənt, -sə-ˌdent; ˈaks-dənt\ (Medical Dictionary)
Medical Definition of ACCIDENT
1an unfortunate event resulting from carelessness, unawareness, ignorance, or a combination of causes
2an unexpected bodily event of medical importance especially when injurious <a cerebrovascular accident>
3 an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the person injured but for which legal relief may be sought
—ac·ci·den·tal adjective
—ac·ci·den·tal·ly also ac·ci·dent·ly adverb
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