About The Word Accident

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Accident

Accident Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Accident?
[n] anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause
[n] a mishap; especially one causing injury or death Synonyms | Synonyms for Accident: chance event | fortuity Related Terms | Find terms related to Accident: accessary | accessory | accidental | addendum | addition | adjunct | adventure | appendage | appurtenance | auxiliary | blow | blunder | calamity | casualty | cataclysm | catastrophe | chance | chance hit | collateral | collision | coming to be | contingency | contingent | contretemps | crack-up | crash | destiny | disaster | event | eventuality | eventuation | extra | fate | fluke | fortuity | fortune | freak accident | grief | hap | happening | happenstance | hazard | ill hap | incidence | incidental | inessential | kismet | long odds | long shot | luck | lucky shot | materialization | mere chance | misadventure | mischance | misfortune | mishap | mistake | nasty blow | nonessential | not-self | other | pileup | realization | secondary | serendipity | shipwreck | shock | smash | smashup | staggering blow | subsidiary | superaddition | supplement | tragedy | unessential | wreck See Also | accidental injury | break | casualty | coincidence | collision | crash | fatal accident | good luck | hap | happening | happenstance | happy chance | injury | lottery | misadventure | mischance | mishap | natural event | occurrence | shipwreck | wreck Accident In Webster's Dictionary \Ac"ci*dent\, n. [F. accident, fr. L. accidens,
-dentis, p. pr. of accidere to happen; ad + cadere to fall.
See {Cadence}, {Case}.]
1. 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.
Of moving accidents by flood and field. --Shak.
Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the
very place God meant for thee. --Trench.
2. (Gram.) A property attached to a word, but not essential
to it, as gender, number, case.
3. (Her.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in
a coat of arms.
4. (Log.)
(a) A property or quality of a thing which is not
essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
(b) A quality or attribute in distinction from the
substance, as sweetness, softness.
5. Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental
or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
This accident, as I call it, of Athens being
situated some miles from the sea. --J. P.
Mahaffy.
6. Unusual appearance or effect. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Note: Accident, in Law, is equivalent to casus, or such
unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as
is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
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