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Noun
/ˈaksidənt/,
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accidents, plural;
  1. An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury
    • - he had an accident at the factory
    • - if you are unable to work owing to accident or sickness
    • - an accident investigator
  2. A crash involving road or other vehicles, typically one that causes serious damage or injury
    • - four people were killed in a car accident
  3. Used euphemistically to refer to an incidence of incontinence, typically by a child or an animal

  4. An event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause
    • - the pregnancy was an accident
    • - it is no accident that my tale features a tragic romance
  5. The working of fortune; chance
    • - my faith is an accident of birth, not a matter of principled commitment
    • - he came to Harvard largely through accident
  6. (in Aristotelian thought) A property of a thing that is not essential to its nature

  1. (accident) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
  2. (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"
  3. "Accidents" is the first song and first single from Alexisonfire's 2004 album Watch Out!. The song features a chorus complete with chanting and at concerts often get the crowd to join in. ...
  4. An accident is a specific, unexpected, unusual and unintended external action which occurs in a particular time and place, with no apparent and deliberate cause but with marked effects. ...
  5. (Accident (1928 film)) Accident (German: Polizeibericht Überfall) is a 1928 German short film directed by Ernö Metzner.
  6. (Accident (1967 film)) Accident is Harold Pinter's 1967 dramatic film adaptation of the 1965 novel by Nicholas Mosley. Directed by Joseph Losey, it is the second of three collaborations between Pinter and Losey, the others being The Servant (1963) and The Go-Between (1970). ...
  7. (Accident (1985 film)) Accident is a 1985 Kannada movie directed by Shankar Nag, starring his elder brother Anant Nag.
  8. (Accident (Bottom episode)) Accident is the sixth and final episode of the first series of British sitcom Bottom. It was first broadcast on Monday 28 October 1991. This episode sees the first appearance of Eddie's "real friends" Spudgun (Steven O'Donnell) and Dave Hedgehog (Christopher Ryan).
  9. (accident) An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences; Any chance event; Chance; An unintended event such as a collision that causes damage or death; Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is ...
  10. (Accident) A sudden fortuitous event. Often used to refer to a collision or insurance event.
  11. (Accident) An event or repeated exposure to conditions that unexpectedly causes injury or damage during the policy period.
  12. (ACCIDENT) An unexpected fortuitous event, unforeseen and unintended, not under the control of an insured and resulting in a loss.
  13. (Accident) is commonly defined as an unexpected, unintended, unforseen event causing injury. The accident must happen while you are on a trip and covered under a policy
  14. (Accident) is that occurrence in a sequence of events that produces unintended injury, death, or property damage.  Accident refers to the event, not the result of the event ( see unintentional injury).
  15. (ACCIDENT) An unexpected event, which happens by chance and is not expected in the normal course of events.
  16. (Accident) Unintentional or unexpected actions or events resulting in injury that requires immediate treatment from a registered healthcare practitioner. Excludes accidental illness, pregnancy or aggravation of a pre-existing condition. ...
  17. Accident or Accidental means a sudden, unforeseen and unexpected event caused by external, violent and visible means (but does not include any Illness) which results in physical bodily injury.
  18. (Accident) An event causing loss, which takes place without being expected. In most cases the accident can be characterized with regard to time and place of occurrence. The public commonly associates this term with an event that was unavoidable. ...
  19. (Accident (ICAO)) An incident associated with the operation of an aircraft in which the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure which adversely affects the structural strength, performance or flight characteristics of the aircraft. ...
  20. (accident) Aristotle partitioned reality into substance and accident. An accident is an incidental property of a thing.
  21. (Accident) An unexpected or unforeseen happening or event involving an external force, causing loss or injury independently of all other causes.
  22. (Accident) Dreaming of an accident is a warning to pay attention to a certain situation in your real life before it gets out of control.
  23. An accident is something going wrong unexpectedly. Physical examples include an unavoidable collision (including a person or object falling by chance). ...
  24. (Accident) A sudden, unexpected or unintentional event.
  25. (accident) In Aristotelian metaphysics an accident is a property of a thing which is no part of the essence of the thing: something it could lose or have added without ceasing to be the same thing or the same substance. The accidents divide into categories: quantity, action (i.e. ...