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US
/ˈæksədənt/
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[ UK /ˈæksɪdənt/ ]
[ UK /ˈæksɪdənt/ ]
NOUN
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anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
it was due to an accident or fortuity
winning the lottery was a happy accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
How To Use accident In A Sentence
- With automobile insurance, for example, an insurance company accepts part of the risk that you will be involved in a car accident. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- A serious road accident caused traffic chaos yesterday.
- There are many horror stories about an ex-spouse getting the proceeds of a big life insurance policy or the accidental disinheritance of a child because the owner never changed the beneficiary," Norfolk warns. How To Protect Your Spouse Financially After You're Gone
- You're very lucky to be alive after that accident.
- Chapter VI. that the use of metallic copper in the construction of acetylene apparatus is not permissible or judicious, because the gas is liable to form therewith an explosive compound known as copper acetylide; it might seem, therefore, that the employment of a copper salt for purification courts accident. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use
- The most interesting statistic on the list is the large number of accidents where the pilot attempted to land with the gear down with amphibious floats.
- The lid won't come off accidentally , it's been fastened on.
- An awesome book - what Robinson is particularly good at is figuring out how Chaplin pieced together out of accident, inspiration and music hall stunt, what turned into complex, archetypal early film narrative.
- Apart from causing public nuisance and inconvenience to the commuters this also leads to road accidents.
- Years after the accident I still have nightmares about it.