Accident

Quick meaning: Accident is a noun meaning Any chance event.

Meaning

Any chance event.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Chance; random chance.
2. Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
3. (euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.
4. (euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.
5. (geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
6. An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
7. (transport) A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)

Example Sentences

to die by an accident such as an act of God

There was a huge accident on I5 involving 15 automobiles.

My insurance went up after the second accident in three months.

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, / Of moving accidents by flood and field[…]

Word Forms

• accidents

Synonyms for accident

Depending on context, synonyms include mishap, befalling, chance, contingency, casualty, fortune.

Antonyms for accident

Common opposites include intention, inevitability, impossibility.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fortuity, accidental, casualty, adventitious, unintentional, chance.

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