Meaning

16 senses
  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

    Unfall

    несча́стный слу́чайnesčástnyj slúčaj, ава́рия f technicalavárija, катастро́фаkatastrófa

    ви́падокvýpadok, ава́ріяavárija, катастро́фаkatastrófa

  2. 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.

    (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.

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

    Unfall

    ава́рияavárija, столкнове́ниеstolknovénije, доро́жно-тра́нспортное происше́ствиеdoróžno-tránsportnoje proisšéstvije

    ава́ріяavárija, зі́ткненняzítknennja, доро́жньо-тра́нспортна приго́даdoróžnʹo-tránsportna pryhóda

  4. (countable, uncountable)Any chance event.

    Zufall

    слу́чайslúčaj

    ви́падокvýpadok

  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; […]

    слу́чайslúčaj

  6. (countable, uncountable)Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.

    Beauty is an accident.

    Lexical gaps are called accidental because their existence is by accident; it is not essential.

  7. Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.

    (countable, uncountable)A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.

  8. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)An instance of incontinence.

    Malheur

  9. An instance of incontinence.

    (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.

  10. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)An unintended pregnancy.

    Unfall

  11. An unintended pregnancy.

    (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, uncountable)An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.

    anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

Examples

2741 sentences
  1. I found that restaurant by accident.

    Я випадково знайшов цей ресторан. — Internecivus

    ruЯ случайно нашёл этот ресторан. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch habe dieses Restaurant zufällig gefunden. — MUIRIEL

  2. We didn't actually see the accident.

    Ми в дійсности не бачили той нещасний випадок. — Squaw

    deWir haben den Unfall eigentlich gar nicht gesehen. — al_ex_an_der

  3. When did the accident take place?

    Коли сталася аварія? — deniko

    ruКогда произошла авария? — Ivanovb

    deWann ist der Unfall passiert? — Wolf

  4. The accident happened two hours ago.

    Аварія сталася дві години тому. — aandrusiak

    ruАвария произошла два часа назад. — marafon

    deDer Unfall ist vor zwei Stunden passiert. — samueldora

  5. I asked him about the accident.

    Я розпитав його про аварію. — deniko

    ruЯ спросил его об аварии. — Arkadeko

    deIch fragte ihn nach dem Unfall. — mayabe

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
unexpected event with negative consequences:
transport: unintended event that causes damage:
Русский
By meaning 3
property resulting from chance:
unexpected event with negative consequences:
transport: unintended event that causes damage:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
unexpected event with negative consequences:
chance event:
euphemism: instance of incontinence:

Origin

First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accident, from Old French acc

First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accident, from Old French accident, from Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”). See cadence, case. In the sense “unintended pregnancy”, first attested in 1932.

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Forms

plural: accidents
Singularaccident
Pluralaccidents

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
chance:fortuneA2
unexpected event with negative consequences:mishap
unexpected event that takes place without foresight or expectation:befalling
Close in meaning
  • anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause:strokefortuitychance event

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

31 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • an an accident
  • a traffic accident
  • traffic accident
  • in the accident
  • about the accident
  • caused the accident
  • the accident happened
  • of the accident
  • a car accident
  • accident happened
  • an automobile accident
  • for the accident

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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