Meaning

1 senses
  1. Accidental; as the result of some unforeseen happening or series of events; unexpected; resulting from an event without the foresight, expectation, aid, or design of the person by whose agency it was caused; unintentional.

    The victim's death was by accident.

    That the injury was by accident is not questioned.

Examples

125 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. I met her on the street by accident.

    Я випадково зустрів її на вулиці. — deniko

    deIch habe sie zufällig auf der Straße getroffen. — MUIRIEL

  3. He met his English teacher at the station by accident.

    Він випадково зустрів свого вчителя англійської мови на вокзалі. — deniko

    ruОн случайно встретил на станции своего учителя английского языка. — fjay69

  4. It happened completely by accident.

    Це трапилося абсолютно випадково. — deniko

    ruЭто случилось совершенно случайно. — heccele

    deDas ist ganz zufällig passiert. — Fingerhut

  5. We met her by accident.

    Ми її зустріли випадково. — deniko

    ruМы случайно её встретили. — marafon

    deWir trafen sie zufällig. — Manfredo

Forms

more by accident, most by accident
Comparativemore by accident Lesson
Superlativemost by accident Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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