accident

Definition of accident in English English dictionary
accidentspan>: Unusual appearance or effect - Geoffrey Chaucer
To fulfill all thy likerous talent!.
accidentspan>: An unintended pregnancy
accidentspan>: Chance
It is the very place God meant for thee; .
accidentspan>: An instance of incontinence
accidentspan>: A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case
accidentspan>: A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness
If they went through their growth-crisis in other faiths and other countries, although the essence of the change would be the same , its accidents would be different.
accidentspan>: An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences
Of moving accidents by flood and field .
accidentspan>: Any chance event
accidentspan>: An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause
accidentspan>: An unplanned event that results in injury (including death) or occupational illness to person(s) and/or damage to property, exclusive of injury and/or damage caused by action of an enemy or hostile force
accidentspan>: An unintended event such as a collision that causes damage or death
My insurance is expensive now, mostly because of those two accidents.
accidentspan>: Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential
This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea, which is rather the consequence of its being a very ancient site, .
accidental: Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous
an accidental visit.
accidental: A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally
accidental: A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note
accidentally: In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; casually; fortuitously
He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.
accidentally: Unintentionally
He accidentally exposed the bacteria to mold spores.
accidental: inadvertent
accidentspan>: An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage. She was involved in a serious car accident last week Six passengers were killed in the accident
Accidental: a note which lies outside the scale of the key in which a passage of music is written
accidentspan>: {n} a property of a thing, that which comes to pass without being foreseen
accidental: {a} casual, happening by chance
accidentally: {a} by chance, unexpectedly, oddly
Accidentspan>: an unforeseen and unintended event which results in injury or damage
Accidentspan>: A sudden unintentional event or happening that occurs unexpectedly, which may cause bodily injury or property damage
Accidentspan>: 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)
Accidentspan>: An unforeseen, unintended and expected event
Accidentspan>: means an unintentional, sudden fortuitous and unforeseeable event due exclusively to an external cause of a violent nature and inflicting, directly and independently of all other causes, bodily injury
Accidentspan>: An unanticipated event, commonly leading to injury, in traffic, the workplace, or a domestic or recreational setting Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that the risk of accidents is often predictable; they are therefore preventable
Accidentspan>: An event or occurrence which is unforeseen and unintended
Accidentspan>: is that occurrence in a sequence of events that produces unintended injury, death, or property damage Â Accident refers to the event, not the result of the event ( see unintentional injury)
Accidentspan>: a mishap; especially one causing injury or death
Accidentspan>: An unexpected event, usually referring to an injury or fatality, although in some accidents it is just property that gets damaged Although some accidents are easier to prevent than others, the financial damage can be limited by taking out accident and sickness insurance, and ensuring that your car, house and other valuable property are properly covered
Accidentspan>: An event or repeated exposure to conditions that unexpectedly causes injury or damage during the policy period Actual Cash Value (ACV) The fair or reasonable cash price for which the property could be sold in the market in the ordinary course of business, and not at forced sale Actuary
Accidentspan>: The word "Accident" should not be used when describing a crash between a motor vehicle and a train An "Accident" is an uncontrolled event A "Crash" or a "Collision" is preventable The preferred terms are Crash, Collision and Incident (See the term "CRASH" )
Accidentspan>: An event classified as Level 4, 5, 6 or 7, i e that involves a release of radioactive material off-site likely to cause public exposure at least of the order of authorized limits or requiring countermeasures to be taken, or causes significant damage to the installation, or results in exposure of workers on-site to such a degree that there is a high probability of early death
Accidentspan>: An unforeseen event or occurrence which results in injury or property damage
Accidentspan>: A fortuitous event, unforeseen and unintended
Accidentspan>: [Health, Life, Property/Casualty] a sudden, unexpected, and unintended event; see also OCCURRENCE
Accidentspan>: An unplanned event, unexpected and undesigned, which occurs suddenly and at a definite place See also Occurrence
Accidentspan>: That occurrence in a sequence of events which usually produces unintended injury, death or property damage
Accidentspan>: an undesired event that results in harm to people, damage to property, loss to process, or harm to the environment
Accidentspan>: An event or repeated exposure to conditions that unexpectedly causes injury or damage during the policy period
Accidentspan>: An unexpected, unforeseen event not under the control of an insured and resulting in a loss
Accidentspan>: An unexpected, unforeseen event not under the control of an insured
Accidentspan>: An unforeseen, unintended, and unexpected event, which occurs suddenly and at a definite place See Occurrence
Accidentspan>: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause
Accidentspan>: An unplanned event, unexpected and undesigned, which occurs suddenly and at a definite place See also Occurrence (G)
Accidentspan>: An unexpected, unforeseen event beyond the control of the insured, identifiable in time and place Used in expressions such as "accidental death", or "any one accident" (meaning any one event) Accident is also used to refer to the business which the insurer or reinsurer is transacting An accident book of business means a portfolio of accident policies 1 All classes of business not conventionally handled by property, marine and aviation, or life departments Thus, it includes lines like theft, liability, personal accident, guarantee, motor, engineering, livestock, bonding, credit In the US known as casualty business) 2 Motor excess of loss covers are mostly arranged on an any one accident basis: limit and deductible apply to the reinsured's ultimate net loss in any one loss or series of losses arising from one accident or event See Event
Accidentspan>: - An unexpected event which happens by chance and is not expected in the normal course of events
Accidental: without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"
Accidental: A symbol used to raise or lower the pitch of a note in standard notation The symbol is either a sharp (#), a flat (b), or a natural sign ()
Accidental: A sharp, flat, or natural not included in the given key
Accidental: A sign indicating that a particlar note is played sharper or flatter than normal for the key signature of the piece It refers to the bar where it occurs and not to any subsequent bars, unless it is repeated there
Accidental: A sign used to raise or lower a pitch From highest in pitch to lowest in pitch, the hierarchy of accidentals are
Accidental: A comprehensive term for a sharp, a double sharp, a flat, a double flat, or a natural Accidentals are used to raise, lower, or return a note to its normal pitch An accidental placed against a note applies also to all subsequent repetitions of that note (if any) in the same measure, unless cancelled by another accidental
Accidental: The general term refering to the use of the sharp, flat, or natural
Accidental: a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
Accidental: An animal accidentally living in a cave, and not a normal resident Usually fallen or washed into cave Could be drawn in by cave breathing cf Cavernicole, Troglobite Cave - Biota Ref JJ
Accidental: the sign that goes in front of a note, raising (#) or lowering (b) that note by half-step(s) Order of sharps and flats
Accidental: A sharp or flat symbol that designates a chromatic note that a composer adds into a tune See Section 3 14
Accidental: A symbol used to raise or lower the pitch of a note in standard notation The symbol is either a sharp (#), a flat (b), or a natural sign
Accidental: A sharped or flatted note not normally found in the scale
Accidental: Sharp, flat, or natural that is not within the key signature
Accidental: adventive
Accidental: casual
Accidentally: without advance planning; "they met accidentally"
Accidentally: in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"
Accidentally: without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally"
accidentspan>: casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation
accidentspan>: Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without ones 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
accidentspan>: Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident
accidentspan>: Unusual appearance or effect
accidentspan>: 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
accidentspan>: A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute
accidentspan>: A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms
accidentspan>: {i} casualty, misadventure; mishap; failure, incident
accidentspan>: If something happens by accident, it happens completely by chance. She discovered the problem by accident = chance
accidentspan>: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause a mishap; especially one causing injury or death
accidentspan>: If someone has an accident, something unpleasant happens to them that was not intended, sometimes causing injury or death. 5,000 people die every year because of accidents in the home The police say the killing of the young man was an accident
accidental: Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw inhis character" occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence
accidental: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence
accidental: Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw inhis character"
accidental: Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit
accidental: An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate. deliberate + accidentally ac·ci·den·tal·ly A policeman accidentally killed his two best friends with a single bullet A special locking system means the door cannot be opened accidentally. deliberately. happening without being planned or intended deliberate
accidental: Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play
accidental: unintentional; by accident
accidental: Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow
accidental: Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental
accidental: a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"
accidental: {s} casual, incidental; that happens by chance;unexpected; (Music) not in key signature
accidental: Foreign to the key signature or a proper harmony
accidental: associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W
accidental: {i} effect that is not planned; unanticipated thing or circumstance; (Music) musical note whose pitch does not match the key signature
accidentally: In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously
accidentally: incidentally, by chance
accidentally: In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially
accidentally: ignorantly
accidentally: happily
accidents: plural-noun accident
accidents: preparation, prevention and what to do
accidents: One of the four priorities identified in the green paper Our Healthier Nation The Government intends to reduce the rate of accidents by one fifth by 2010
accidents: The attributes, or qualities, that our senses perceive in the Eucharist, such as taste or smell Accidents are completely different from the substance of what Eucharist is
accidents: plural of accident

accident

Hyphenation

ac·ci·dent

Synonyms

befalling, chance, contingency, casualty, mishap, casus, blow, calamity, collision, crack-up, disaster, fender-bender, fluke, hazard, misadventure

Antonyms

intent, intention, necessity, plan, provision, calculation, decision, decree

Etymology

() From Middle English, from Old French accident, from Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”). See cadence, case.