Definition of accidents Accidents

/æˈksʌdʌnts/ - [aksudunts] -

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Noun Plural: accidents
accident - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
		stroke, fortuity, chance event
		happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens
		hap an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"
		happy chance, good luck, break a stroke of luck
		happenstance, coincidence the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
		misadventure, mischance, mishap an instance of misfortune
		collision a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
		wreck, crash a ship that has been destroyed at sea
		accidental injury, injury wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
		shipwreck, wreck a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

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accident (Noun)
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.
accident (Noun)
Any chance event.
accident (Noun)
Chance.
accident (Noun)
An unintended event such as a collision that causes damage or death.
accident (Noun)
Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential.
accident (Noun)
An instance of incontinence.
accident (Noun)
An unintended pregnancy.
accident (Noun)
A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
accident (Noun)
A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
accident (Noun)
An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
accident (Noun)
A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms .
accident (Noun)
casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
accident (Noun)
An unplanned event that results in injury including death or occupational illness to persons and/or damage to property, exclusive of injury and/or damage caused by action of an enemy or hostile force.
accident (Noun)
Appearance, manifestation.

accident (n.)
Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
accident (n.)
A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
accident (n.)
A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
accident (n.)
A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
accident (n.)
A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
accident (n.)
Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
accident (n.)
Unusual appearance or effect.

accident
An unexpected, unfortunate mishap, failure or loss with the potential for harming human life, property or the environment.
accident
An event that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause.

accident
ak′sid-ent, n. that which happens: an unforeseen or unexpected event: chance: an unessential quality or property.—adj. Accident′al, happening by chance: not essential.—n. anything not essential.—ns. Accident′alism, Accidental′ity.—adv. Accident′ally.—The chapter of accidents, the unforeseen course of events. [L. accidĕre, to happen—ad, to, cadĕre, to fall.]

accident
A condition of affairs in which presence of mind is good, but absence of body better.