Sekirov Dictionary

accident

UK /ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/US /ˈæk.sə.dənt/

noun16

  1. an unexpected bad event that nobody wanted or planned, which often causes harm
  2. casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
  3. 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)
  4. Any chance event.
  5. Chance; random chance.
  6. (euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.
  7. (euphemistic) Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
  8. (euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.
  9. (offensive, humorous) A person born from an unintended pregnancy.
  10. Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
  11. A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
  12. A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
  13. Synonym of accidental.
  14. An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
  15. A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
  16. (no longer used) An injury.

adjective1

  1. Designating any form of transportation involved in an accident.
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