accident (redirected from Accidents)

ac·ci·dent  (ks-dnt, -dnt)

n.

1.

a. An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm: car accidents on icy roads.

b. An unforeseen incident: A series of happy accidents led to his promotion.

c. An instance of involuntary urination or defecation in one's clothing.

2. Lack of intention; chance: ran into an old friend by accident.

3. Logic A circumstance or attribute that is not essential to the nature of something.

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[Middle English, chance event, from Old French, from Latin accidns, accident-, present participle of accidere, to happen : ad-, ad- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

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accident

Noun

1. an unpleasant event that causes damage, injury, or death

2. an unforeseen event or one without apparent cause: they had met in town by accident [Latin accidere to happen]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury collision - an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill" crash, wreck - a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" accidental injury, injury - an accident that results in physical damage or hurt misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune wreck, shipwreck - an accident that destroys a ship at sea fatal accident, casualty - an accident that causes someone to die
	2.	accident - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" chance event, fortuity, stroke happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens hap - an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life" happy chance, break, good luck - an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break" coincidence, happenstance - an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental lottery - something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them"

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accident

noun 1. crash, smash, wreck, collision, pile-up (informal) smash-up (informal)

noun 2. misfortune, blow, disaster, tragedy, setback, calamity, mishap, misadventure, mischance, stroke of bad luck

noun 3. chance, fortune, luck, fate, hazard, coincidence, fluke, fortuity

Translations

accident [ˈæksɪdənt] n → accidente m (= chance); casualidad f;

by accident (= unintentionally) → sin querer (= by coincidence); por casualidad;

accidents at work → accidentes mpl de trabajo;

to meet with or to have an accident → tener or sufrir un accidente

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accident [ˈæksɪdənt] n → accident m (= chance); hasard m;

to meet with or to have an accident → avoir un accident;

I've had an accident → j'ai eu un accident;

accidents at work → accidents du travail;

by accident (= by chance) → par hasard (= not deliberately); accidentellement

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accident [ˈæksɪdənt] n → Zufall m;

(mishap, disaster) → Unfall m;

to meet with or to have an accident → einen Unfall haben, verunglücken;

accidents at work → Arbeitsunfälle pl;

by accident → zufällig

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accident [ˈæksɪdənt] n → incidente m (= chance); caso;

to meet with or to have an accident → avere un incidente;

accidents at work → infortuni mpl sul lavoro;

by accident → per caso