accident


Definition: Meaning of, accident in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈaksɪd(ə)nt /

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accident accidents
  1. by accident in a way that is not planned or intended
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  2. [countable] a crash involving cars, trains, planes etc
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  3. [countable] a situation in which someone is injured or something is damaged without anyone intending them to be
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  4. [uncountable and countable] something that happens without anyone planning or intending it
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  5. accidents (will) happen spoken used to tell someone who has broken something that they should not worry that it has happened
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  6. an accident waiting to happen used about a situation in which an accident is likely to happen because no one is trying to prevent it
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accident used in phrases

  • accident and emergency (noun)
    1. the room or department in a hospital where people go if they have an accident or suddenly become ill ; =  emergency room AmE] [=  A & E]
  • accident prone (adjective)
    1. more likely to have accidents than other people
  • accident surgery (noun)
    1. the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents
  • accident-prone (adjective)
    1. having more than the average number of accidents
  • cerebrovascular accident (noun)
    1. a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
  • fatal accident (noun)
    1. an accident that causes someone to die
  • inevitable accident (noun)
    1. a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
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