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Meaning of 'accident' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
- A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
- A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
- A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
- Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
- Unusual appearance or effect.

Meaning of 'accident' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . accident [ n]
Meaning (1):
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
Example in sentence:
  • it was due to an accident or fortuity;
  • the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck;
  • winning the lottery was a happy accident

Nearby Words:

accadian accede acceded accedence acceder acceding accelerando accelerate accelerated accelerating

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