accident

noun accidents

1. countable, uncountable 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. to die by an accident such as an act of God
2. countable, uncountable casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
3. countable, uncountable 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) There was a huge accident on I5 involving 15 automobiles.
4. countable, uncountable Any chance event. He also objects to the idea of women arising by an accident of nature, preferring the notion that they came about as a 'result of some strong mental impression', and so 'the sex of the progeny would have been settled by the decision of the progenitor'.
5. uncountable Chance; random chance. c.1861-1863, Richard Chevenix Trench, in 1888, Letters and memorials, Volume 1, Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident, / It is the very place God meant for thee; […]

   Similar: fortune

6. countable, uncountable Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive. Beauty is an accident.

   Similar: accidens

7. countable, uncountable A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case. An adjective, so called because adjectitious, or added to a substantive, denotes some quality or accident of the substantive to which it is joined […]

   Similar: accidens

8. countable, euphemistic, uncountable An instance of incontinence. We weren’t there long when Karin asked about our dog. When we told her Chris was in the car, she insisted we bring him up to the apartment. I rejected her offer and said he might have an accident on the carpet and I didn’t want to worry about it.
9. countable, euphemistic, uncountable Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
10. countable, euphemistic, uncountable An unintended pregnancy.
11. countable, derogatory, euphemistic, humorous, uncountable A person born from an unintended pregnancy. Taylor was our sweet little accident, and we're so glad!
12. countable, obsolete, uncountable An injury. Accident is a word which too commonly suffers a like perversion. It is used as if it meant a wound.
13. countable, uncountable An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
14. countable, uncountable A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
15. countable, uncountable A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
16. countable, uncountable Synonym of accidental.

    Similar: accidental

Similar: mishap, befalling, chance, contingency, casualty, luck, casus, accident, fortuity · Opposite: intention, inevitability, impossibility

adjective

1. not comparable Designating any form of transportation involved in an accident. The NTSB report revealed that the accident airplane was a Cessna 172.

proper noun

1. A town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.