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Meaning of 'accident'
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. [ n.]- 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]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- 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
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