accident

  • 41accident —    , accidental    An accident is anything that happens by chance; uncontrolled occurrence; aleatory. Although this may traditionally have negative connotations, an accident may be taken as a positive thing, as an oportunity. The word accidental… …

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  • 42accident — noun 1) an accident at work Syn: mishap, misadventure, unfortunate incident, mischance, misfortune, disaster, tragedy, catastrophe, calamity; technical casualty 2) she was injured in a highway accident Syn: crash …

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  • 43accident — noun 1) an accident at work Syn: mishap, misadventure, disaster, tragedy, catastrophe, calamity 2) a road accident Syn: crash, collision, smash, bump, derailment; N.Amer …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 44accident — /ˈæksədənt / (say aksuhduhnt) noun 1. an undesirable or unfortunate happening; casualty; mishap. 2. anything that happens unexpectedly, without design, or by chance. 3. the operation of chance: I was there by accident. 4. Philosophy a non… …

  • 45accident — An unplanned or unintended but sometimes predictable event leading to injury, e.g., in traffic, industry, or a domestic setting, or such an event developing in the course of a disease. [L. ac cido, to happen] cardiac a. sudden cardiac catastrophe …

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  • 46accident — [14] Etymologically, an accident is simply ‘something which happens’ – ‘an event’. That was what the word originally meant in English, and it was only subsequently that the senses ‘something which happens by chance’ and ‘mishap’ developed. It… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47Accident —    1) Accident    Drame psychologique de Joseph Losey, avec Dirk Bogarde (Stephen), sir Stanley Baker (Charley), Michael York (William), Jacqueline Sassard (Anna), Delphine Seyrig (Francesca), Vivien Merchant (Rosalind).   Scénario: Harold Pinter …

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  • 48accident — noun 1》 an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally. 2》 something that happens by chance or without apparent cause.     ↘chance: we met by accident. 3》 Philosophy a property of a thing which is not essential to its… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 49accident — ac•ci•dent [[t]ˈæk sɪ dənt[/t]] n. 1) an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usu. results in injury, damage, or loss 2) law an incident that results in injury, in no way the fault of the victim, for which… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50accident — geležinkelių transporto eismo įvykis statusas Aprobuotas sritis geležinkelių transportas apibrėžtis Įvykis arba keli įvykiai, sukeliantys žalingus padarinius, kai geležinkelių riedmenys susiduria su kitais geležinkelių riedmenimis, statiniais ar… …

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