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Accident
ˈaksɪd(ə)nt
Accident definitions
noun
accident
accidents
- an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury
"he had an accident at the factory"
mishap misfortune misadventure mischance unfortunate incident injury disaster tragedy catastrophe contretemps calamity blow trouble problem difficulty- a crash involving road or other vehicles
"four people were killed in a road accident"
- an incidence of incontinence by a child or animal
"he had a little accident, but I washed his shorts out"
- an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause
"the pregnancy was an accident"
- the working of fortune; chance
"members belong to the House of Lords through hereditary right or accident of birth"
- (in Aristotelian thought) a property of a thing which is not essential to its nature