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A memorial to the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster, a fatal accident resulting from police failure

An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans.^[1] The term accident implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks. Most researchers who study unintentional injury avoid using the term accident and focus on factors that increase risk of severe injury and that reduce injury incidence and severity.^[2] For example, when a tree falls down during a wind storm, its fall may not have been caused by humans, but the tree’s type, size, health, location, or improper maintenance may have contributed to the result. Most car wrecks are not true accidents; however English speakers started using that word in the mid-20th century as a result of media manipulation by the US automobile industry.^[3]

Types[edit]

Unintentional injury deaths per million persons in 2012

107-247

248-287

288-338

339-387

388-436

437-505

506-574

575-655

656-834

835-1,165

Physical and non-physical[edit]

Physical examples of accidents include unintended motor vehicle collisions, falls, being injured by touching something sharp or hot, or bumping into something while walking.

Non-physical examples are unintentionally revealing a secret or otherwise saying something incorrectly, accidental deletion of data, or forgetting an appointment.

Accidents by activity[edit]

Accidents during the execution of work or arising out of it are called work accidents. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 337 million accidents happen on the job each year, resulting, together with occupational diseases, in more than 2.3 million deaths annually.^[4]
In contrast, leisure-related accidents are mainly sports injuries.

Accidents by vehicle[edit]

Vehicle collisions are not usually accidents; they are mostly caused by preventable causes such as drunk driving and intentionally driving too fast.^[3] The use of the word accident to describe car wrecks was promoted by the US National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in the middle of the 20th century, as a way to make vehicle-related deaths and injuries seem like an unavoidable matter of fate, rather than a problem that could be addressed.^[3] The automobile industry accomplished this by writing customized articles as a free service for newspapers that used the industry’s preferred language.^[3] Since 1994, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked media and the public to not use the word accident to describe vehicle collisions.^[3]

Aviation
Bicycles
Sailing ships
Traffic collisions
Train wrecks
Trams

Domino effect accidents[edit]

In the process industry, a primary accident may propagate to nearby units, resulting in a chain of accidents, which is called domino effect accident.

Common causes[edit]

Incidence of accidents (of a severity of resulting in seeking medical care), sorted by activity (in Denmark in 2002)

Poisons, vehicle collisions and falls are the most common causes of fatal injuries. According to a 2005 survey of injuries sustained at home, which used data from the National Vital Statistics System of the United States National Center for Health Statistics, falls, poisoning, and fire/burn injuries are the most common causes of death.^[5]

The United States also collects statistically valid injury data (sampled from 100 hospitals) through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.^[6] This program was revised in 2000 to include all injuries rather than just injuries involving products.^[6] Data on emergency department visits is also collected through the National Health Interview Survey.^[7] In The U.S. the Bureau of Labor Statistics has available on their website extensive statistics on workplace accidents.^[8]

Accident models[edit]

Accident triangles have been proposed to model the number of minor problems vs. the number of serious incidents. These include Heinrich’s triangle^[9] and Frank E. Bird’s accident ratio triangle (proposed in 1966 and shown above).

Many models to characterize and analyze accidents have been proposed,^[10] which can be classified by type. No single model is the sole correct approach.^[11] Notable types and models include:^[12]

Sequential models
- Domino Theory^[9]
- Loss Causation Model^[13]
Complex linear models
- Energy Damage Model^[14]^{[full citation needed]}
- Time sequence models
  - Generalized Time Sequence Model^[15]^{[full citation needed]}
  - Accident Evolution and Barrier Function^[16]
- Epidemiological models
  - Gordon 1949
  - Onward Mappings Model based on Resident Pathogens Metaphor^[17]
Process model
- Benner 1975
Systemic models
- Rasmussen
- Reason Model of System Safety (embedding the Swiss cheese model)
  - Healthcare error proliferation model
  - Human reliability
- Woods, 1994
Non-linear models
- System accident^[18]
- Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Process (STAMP)^[19]
- Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM)^[20]
- Assertions that all existing models are insufficient^[21]

Ishikawa diagrams are sometimes used to illustrate root-cause analysis and five whys discussions.

References[edit]

^ Woodward, Gary C. (2013-09-12). The Rhetoric of Intention in Human Affairs. Lexington Books. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7391-7905-5. Since ‘accidents’ by definition deprive us of first-order human causes…
^ Robertson, Leon S. (2015). Injury Epidemiology: Fourth Edition. Lulu Books. Archived from the original on 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Stromberg, Joseph (2015-07-20). «We don’t say «plane accident.» We shouldn’t say «car accident» either». Vox. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
^ «ILO Safety and Health at Work Archived 2022-01-19 at the Wayback Machine». International Labour Organization (ILO)
^ Runyan CW, Casteel C, Perkis D, et al. (January 2005). «Unintentional injuries in the home in the United States Part I: mortality». Am J Prev Med. 28 (1): 73–9. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2004.09.010. PMID 15626560.
^ ^a ^b CPSC. National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. Database query available through: NEISS Injury Data Archived 2013-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.
^ NCHS. Emergency Department Visits Archived 2017-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. CDC.
^ «Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities». www.bls.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
^ ^a ^b H.W. Heinreich (1931). Industrial Accident Prevention. McGraw-Hill.
^ A long list of books and papers is given in: Taylor, G.A.; Easter, K.M.; Hegney, R.P. (2004). Enhancing Occupational Safety and Health. Elsevier. pp. 241–245, see also pages 140–141 and pages 147–153, also on Kindle. ISBN 0750661976.
^ Kjellen, Urban; Albrechtsen, Eirik (2017-03-07). Prevention of Accidents and Unwanted Occurrences: Theory, Methods, and Tools in Safety Management, Second Edition. CRC Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4987-3666-4.
^ Yvonne Toft; Geoff Dell; Karen K Klockner; Allison Hutton (April 2012). «Models of Causation: Safety». In HaSPA (Health and Safety Professionals Alliance) (ed.). OHS Body of Knowledge (PDF). Safety Institute of Australia Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9808743-1-0. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
^ Bird, Frank E.; Germain, George L. (1985). Practical Loss Control Leadership. International Loss Control Institute. ISBN 9780880610544. OCLC 858460141.
^ Gibson, Haddon, Viner
^ Viner
^ Svenson, Ola (September 1991). «The Accident Evolution and Barrier Function (AEB) Model Applied to Incident Analysis in the Processing Industries». Risk Analysis. 11 (3): 499–507. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.1991.tb00635.x. PMID 1947355.
^ Reason, James T. (1991). «Too Little and Too Late: A Commentary on Accident and Incident Reporting». In Van Der Schaaf, T.W.; Lucas, D.A.; Hale, A.R. (eds.). Near Miss Reporting as a Safety Tool. Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 9–26.
^ Perrow, Charles (1984). Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465051434.
^ Leveson, Nancy (April 2004). «A new accident model for engineering safer systems». Safety Science. 42 (4): 237–270. doi:10.1016/S0925-7535(03)00047-X.
^ Hollnagel, 2012
^ Dekker 2011

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Источник

: an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance

Their meeting was an accident.

: lack of intention or necessity : chance

They met by accident rather than by design.

: an unfortunate event resulting especially from carelessness or ignorance

was involved in a traffic accident

medical

: an unexpected and medically important bodily event especially when injurious

a cerebrovascular accident

law

: an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the person injured but for which legal relief may be sought

US, informal

—used euphemistically to refer to an uncontrolled or involuntary act or instance of urination or defecation (as by a baby or a pet)

The puppy had an accident on the rug.

: a nonessential property or quality of an entity or circumstance

the accident of nationality

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between accidental and incidental?

Accidental describes what was not planned or intended. It means «happening by accident» or «happening as an accident,» as in «an accidental discovery» and «an accidental injury.» Incidental typically means «happening as a minor part or result of something else,» as in «a chapter that is incidental to the novel’s plot.» For more information read the full article.

Do you say ‘on accident’ or ‘by accident’?

While both «by accident» and «on accident» are used, «by accident» is far more common.

What does ‘accident waiting to happen’ mean?

The phrase «an accident waiting to happen» refers to a person or thing that is dangerous or unsafe. For example, a very clumsy person and a rickety ladder might both be referred to as «an accident waiting to happen.»

Synonyms

Example Sentences

He was injured in an accident at work.

The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice.

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.

Their meeting was an accident.

Recent Examples on the Web

In Darlington, Pennsylvania, 4 miles from the accident, managers of the Kindred Spirits Rescue Ranch evacuated 77 of their biggest animals, including a yak and a zebu, for two days.

—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2023

The driver in a crash that killed two women on Christmas Eve 2021 in Kissimmee is facing manslaughter charges for allegedly driving under the influence and causing an accident, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

—Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023

According to the department’s accident notification, the crash was cleared up in just under an hour.

—Ashley Savage, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2023

Using nudges informing drivers of their personal average performance and personal best performance, as measured by accelerometers and gyroscopes, resulted in a reduction of accident frequency of over one and a half years.

—Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023

Roughly 50 cars of a 150-car Norfolk Southern train derailed Feb. 3 in East Palestine, causing a chemical fire and prompting the evacuation of residents in an area near the accident.

—Esther Fung, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2023

Though the Gribshunden accident delayed his progress, Hans did eventually achieve his goal.

—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023

Here’s a guy who came from nothing and only stepped into privilege by a later accident of birth.

—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the conglomerate a fine of $14,502 over the accident.

—Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, «happening, nonessential property, diseased condition, disturbance (of the mind),» borrowed from Anglo-French, «irregularity, incident, symptom,» borrowed from Latin accident-, accidens «chance event, contingent attribute» (translating Greek symbebēkós), from present participle of accidere «to fall down, impinge on, be heard, happen,» from ad- ad- + cadere «to fall» — more at chance entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler

The first known use of accident was
in the 14th century

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Origin of accident

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin accident- (stem of accidēns happening, present participle of accidere to befall), equivalent to ac-ac- + -cid-, combining form of cad- fall + -ent--ent

OTHER WORDS FROM accident

post·ac·ci·dent, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH accident

accident , Occident

Words nearby accident

access road, access time, accessway, acciaccatura, accidence, accident, accidental, accidental death benefit, accidentalism, accidentally, accidentally on purpose

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Words related to accident

calamity, casualty, disaster, hazard, mishap, pileup, setback, circumstance, occurrence, blow, collision, fender-bender, fluke, misadventure, misfortune, smash, total, adventure, contingency, fate

How to use accident in a sentence

She said any liability for possible accidents would be on the gym or coaches, not the school or district.
The FAA has tentatively approved multiple design changes to prevent such an accident in the future and the plane could be certified to resume operations in the fall.
This means that I would have a five percent chance of finding a difference that size by accident alone.
The most important accident, I discovered much later, was that I built Frog Fractions in chronological order, and I designed each scene to follow naturally from the previous ones.

This pot comes in a few different sizes and includes easy-to-grip, safe handles to prevent any accidents or messes.
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.
Lalo insisted during a recent interview that they encountered Chito “and his people by accident.”
If there are 162 confirmed deaths from Flight 8501, this would make 2014 the worst year for accident deaths since 2005.
What conflicts do exist between them derive from misunderstanding and accident.
My father, who was a professional cricketer, was smashed up by an accident, and I had three horrible years in employment in shops.
Lady Maude advanced; she had really come in by accident; her head was bent, her eyelashes rested on her flushed cheeks.
“Of course we know it, sir,” rejoined Fogg, slapping his pocket—perhaps by accident.
The violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.
An accident occurred on the Panama rail road, recently put in operation, by which 43 persons were killed, and 60 wounded.

British Dictionary definitions for accident

noun

an unforeseen event or one without an apparent cause

anything that occurs unintentionally or by chance; chance; fortuneI met him by accident

a misfortune or mishap, esp one causing injury or death

Also called: adjunct logic philosophy a nonessential attribute or characteristic of something (as opposed to substance)

metaphysics a property as contrasted with the substance in which it inheres

geology a surface irregularity in a natural formation, esp in a rock formation or a river system

Word Origin for accident

C14: via Old French from Latin accident- chance, happening, from the present participle of accidere to befall, happen, from ad- to + cadere to fall

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Источник

English[edit]

A car after an accident (unintended event causing damage).

Etymology[edit]

First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English, from Old French accident, from Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”). See cadence, case. In the sense «unintended pregnancy», first attested in 1932.

Pronunciation[edit]

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.sə.dənt/, /ˈæk.sə.dɛnt/

Noun[edit]

accident (countable and uncountable, plural accidents)

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
  
  Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, / Of moving accidents by flood and field […]
to die by an accident such as an act of God

Coordinate term: act of God
2. (law) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
(transport) 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)

There was a huge accident on I5 involving 15 automobiles.

My insurance went up after the second accident in three months.
- 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
  
  Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
Any chance event.
- 2008, Celia Deane-Drummond, The Ethics of Nature (page 206)
  
  He also objects to the idea of women arising by an accident of nature, preferring the notion that they came about as a ‘result of some strong mental impression’, and so ‘the sex of the progeny would have been settled by the decision of the progenitor’.
(uncountable) Chance; random chance.
- c.1861-1863, Richard Chevenix Trench, in 1888, Letters and memorials, Volume 1,
  
  Thou cam’st not to thy place by accident, / It is the very place God meant for thee; […]
- 1991 Autumn, Robert M. Adams, “Montaigne”, in American Scholar, volume 60, number 4, page 589:
  
  And so with his writing, which he proudly said was a perfect counterpart of his life. Accident played a major part in both.
Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.

Synonym: accidens

See also: accident (philosophy)

Beauty is an accident.

Lexical gaps are called accidental because their existence is by accident; it is not essential.
- 1883, J. P. Mahaffy, Social life in Greece from Homer to Menander,
  
  This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea, which is rather the consequence of its being a very ancient site, […]
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, page 171:
  
  If they went through their growth-crisis in other faiths and other countries, although the essence of the change would be the same […] , its accidents would be different.
- 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale in The Canterbury Tales,
  
  These cookes how they stamp, and strain, and grind, / And turne substance into accident, / To fulfill all thy likerous talent!
- 1677, Heraclitus Christianus: or, the Man of Sorrow, chapter 3, page 14:
  
  But as to Man, all the Fruits of the Earth, all sorts of Herbs, Plants and Roots, the Fishes of the Sea, and the Birds of the Air do not suffice him, but he must disguise, vary, and sophisticate, change the substance into accident, that by such irritations as these, Nature might be provoked, and as it were necessitated.
- 1989, Iysa A. Bello, The medieval Islamic controversy between philosophy and orthodoxy, page 55:
  
  Nonetheless, those who have no evidence of the impossibility of the transformation of accident into substance believe that it is death itself which will be actually transformed into a ram on the Day of Resurrection and then be slaughtered.
- 2005, Muhammad Ali Khalidi, Medieval Islamic philosophical writings, page 175:
  
  It would also follow that God ought to be able to transmute genera, converting substance into accident, knowledge into ability, black into white, and sound into smell, just as he can turn the inanimate into animate […]
- 2010, T. M. Rudavsky, Maimonides, page 142:
  
  nor can God effect the transmutation of substances (from accident into substance, or substance into accident, or substance without accident).
1. (grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
  - a 1799, John Parkhurst, A Hebrew and English lexicon without points, page 25
    
    An adjective, so called because adjectitious, or added to a substantive, denotes some quality or accident of the substantive to which it is joined […]
(euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.
- 2009, Marcia Stedron, My Roller Coaster Life as an Army Wife, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 56:
  
  We weren’t there long when Karin asked about our dog. When we told her Chris was in the car, she insisted we bring him up to the apartment. I rejected her offer and said he might have an accident on the carpet and I didn’t want to worry about it.
1. Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
(euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.
2. (derogatory or humorous) A person born from an unintended pregnancy.
  
  Taylor was our sweet little accident, and we’re so glad!
  
  Well I may be annoying but at least I’m not an accident like you are
(geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
(geology) A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.^[1]
(heraldry) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

Usage notes[edit]

Risk management and risk mitigation experts (such as actuaries, systems engineers, and others) generally do not approve of calling motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) «accidents», because they advisedly reserve that term for things not directly caused by human recklessness or negligence. Because it is predictably obvious (and directly causal) that distracted driving (e.g., texting, IMing/DMing, videogaming, or intoxication while driving) produces MVCs, those MVCs are not «accidents». Nonetheless, among the general public, MVCs are quite often called «accidents» rather than «crashes» or «collisions», not only by idiomatic inertia but also because connotatively, it steers clear of broaching the topic of blame assignment, whereas a phrase like «he crashed» connotes blame.

Synonyms[edit]

(unexpected event with negative consequences): mishap
(unexpected event that takes place without foresight or expectation): befalling, chance, contingency, casualty; See also Thesaurus:accident
(chance): fortune, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
(law): casus

Derived terms[edit]

accident and emergency
accident blackspot
accident neurosis
accident of birth
accident rate
accident waiting to happen
accident-prone
accidental
accidentally
by accident
cerebrovascular accident
freak accident
hull-loss accident
industrial accident
it is no accident
on accident
road accident
snaccident
without accident

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Translations[edit]

unexpected event with negative consequences

Albanian: aksident (sq) m
Amharic: አደጋ (ʾädäga)
Arabic: حَادِث‎ (ar) m (ḥādiṯ), حَادِثَة‎ f (ḥādiṯa)

Egyptian Arabic: حَادْثَة‎ f (ḥādsa)
Armenian: դժբախտ պատահար (džbaxt patahar)
Azerbaijani: qəza (az), avariya, bədbəxt hadisə
Basque: istripu (eu), ezbehar
Belarusian: вы́падак m (výpadak), ава́рыя f (aváryja), катастро́фа f (katastrófa), няшча́сны вы́падак m (njaščásny výpadak)
Bengali: দূর্ঘটনা (durghoṭona)
Berber:

Kabyle: asehwu
Bulgarian: злополу́ка (bg) f (zlopolúka), катастро́фа (bg) f (katastrófa), ава́рия (bg) f (avárija)
Burmese: မတော်တဆမှု (ma.tauta.hca.hmu.)
Catalan: accident (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 事故 (zh) (shìgù), 意外 (zh) (yìwài)
Czech: nehoda (cs) f
Danish: (unfortunate) uheld (da) n, ulykke (da) c, ulykkestilfælde c, (neutral) tilfælde (da) n, tilfældighed c
Dutch: ongeluk (nl) n, ongeval (nl) n
Esperanto: akcidento (eo)
Estonian: õnnetus (et)
Faroese: vanlukka f, óhapp n
Finnish: onnettomuus (fi), sattuma (fi), tapaturma (fi)
French: accident (fr) m
Galician: accidente m
Georgian: უბედური შემთხვევა (ubeduri šemtxveva)
German: Unfall (de) m
Greek: ατύχημα (el) n (atýchima)

Ancient: συμφορά f (sumphorá), πταῖσμα n (ptaîsma)
Greenlandic: ajunaarneq
Hebrew: תְאוּנָה‎ (he) f (te’uná)
Hindi: दुर्घटना (hi) f (durghaṭnā), हादसा (hi) m (hādsā)
Hungarian: baleset (hu)
Icelandic: slys (is) n, óhapp (is) n
Indonesian: kecelakaan (id)
Irish: timpiste f
Italian: incidente (it) m, accidente (it) m
Japanese: 事故 (ja) (じこ, jiko), アクシデント (ja) (akushidento)
Kazakh: авария (kk) (avariä), апат (kk) (apat)
Khmer: គ្រោះ (km) (krŭəh), ចៃដន្យ (km) (caydɑn)
Korean: 사고(事故) (ko) (sago)
Kyrgyz: авария (ky) (avariya), кырсык (ky) (kırsık)
Lao: ອຸປະຕິເຫດ (ʼu pa ti hēt)
Latin: calamitas f
Latvian: gadījums m
Lithuanian: įvykis (lt) m
Low German:

German Low German: Unfall (nds) m
Macedonian: несреќа f (nesreḱa), незгода f (nezgoda)
Malay: kemalangan
Malayalam: അപകടം (ml) (apakaṭaṃ)
Maori: aituā, hauata
Marathi: अपघात (mr) m (apghāt)
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: осол (mn) (osol), аваар (mn) (avaar)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ulykke (no) m or f, uhell (no) n, ulykkestilfelle n

Nynorsk: ulukke f, ulykke f, uhell n
Oromo: balaa
Ottoman Turkish: قضا‎ (kaza)
Pashto: پېښه‎ (ps) f (pex̌a), حادثه‎ (ps) f (hādesa)
Persian: تصادف‎ (fa) (tasâdof), حادثه‎ (fa) (hâdese), سانحه‎ (fa) (sânehe)
Polish: wypadek (pl) m inan
Portuguese: acidente (pt) m
Romanian: accident (ro) n
Romansch: accident m
Russian: несча́стный слу́чай (ru) m (nesčástnyj slúčaj), ава́рия (ru) f (avárija) technical, катастро́фа (ru) f (katastrófa), ч. п. n (č. p.), (traffic) ДТП (ru) n (DTP), несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje)
Scottish Gaelic: tubaist f, tuiteamas m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: нѐсрећа f, нѐзгода f

Roman: nèsreća f, nèzgoda (sh) f
Sinhalese: අනතුර (anatura)
Slovak: nehoda (sk) f
Slovene: nesreča (sl) f
Spanish: accidente (es) m
Swahili: ajali (sw)
Swedish: olycka (sv) c
Tagalog: aksidente (tl), disgrasya, sakuna (tl)
Tajik: авария (tg) (avariya), фалокат (tg) (falokat), тасодуф (tg) (tasoduf), садама (tg) (sadama), сониҳа (soniha)
Tatar: каза (tt) (qaza)
Thai: อุบัติเหตุ (th) (ù-bàt-dtì-hèet)
Tigrinya: ሓደጋ (ḥadäga), ሃንደበት (handäbät)
Turkish: kaza (tr)
Turkmen: awariýa (tk), betbagtlyk (tk)
Ukrainian: ви́падок m (výpadok), ава́рія (uk) f (avárija), катастро́фа (uk) f (katastrófa), ава́рія (uk) (avárija), неща́сний ви́падок m (neščásnyj výpadok)
Urdu: حادثہ‎ (ur) m (hādsā)
Uyghur: ئاۋارىيە‎ (awariye), ھادىسە‎ (hadise)
Uzbek: avariya (uz), falokat (uz), balo (uz), tasodif (uz), baxtsizlik (uz)
Vietnamese: sự cố (vi), tai nạn (vi)
Walloon: accidint (wa) m, kénte (wa) f
Yiddish: אַקצידענט‎ m (aktsident)
Zazaki: ağm n
Zulu: ingozi (zu)

chance event

Arabic: مُصَادَفَة‎ f (muṣādafa), صُدْفَة‎ (ar) f (ṣudfa), صِدْفَة‎ (ar) f (ṣidfa)
Belarusian: вы́падак m (výpadak)
Danish: tilfældighed c, tilfælde (da) n
Dutch: toeval (nl) n
Finnish: sattuma (fi), vahinko (fi)
German: Zufall (de) m
Latin: temeritās f
Low German:

German Low German: Tofall m
Malayalam: ആകസ്മികം (ml) (ākasmikaṃ)
Portuguese: acidente (pt) m
Russian: слу́чай (ru) m (slúčaj)
Ukrainian: ви́падок m (výpadok)

chance

Arabic: صُدْفَة‎ (ar) f (ṣudfa), صِدْفَة‎ (ar) f (ṣidfa)
Finnish: sattuma (fi)
Japanese: 偶然 (ja) (ぐうぜん, gūzen)
Korean: 우연(偶然) (ko) (uyeon)
Latin: temeritās f
Malayalam: ആകസ്മികം (ml) (ākasmikaṃ)
Russian: слу́чай (ru) m (slúčaj)

transport: unintended event that causes damage

American Sign Language:

(with a person): 3@SideChesthigh-FingerAcross-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp S@Finger-TipFinger-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp

(with a stationary object): 3@SideChesthigh-FingerAcross-S@CenterChesthigh-TipAcross S@Tip-TipAcross-S@CenterChesthigh-TipAcross

(with another vehicle): 3@SideChesthigh-FingerAcross-3@SideChesthigh-FingerAcross S@Tip-TipAcross-S@CenterChesthigh-TipAcross
Arabic: حَادِث‎ (ar) m (ḥādiṯ)

Hijazi Arabic: حَادِث‎ m (ḥādiṯ, ḥādis)
Armenian: վթար (hy) (vtʿar)
Azerbaijani: qəza (az)
Basque: istripu (eu)
Belarusian: ава́рыя f (aváryja), сутыкне́нне n (sutyknjénnje) (collision), даро́жна-тра́нспартнае здарэ́нне n (daróžna-tránspartnaje zdarénnje) (traffic accident), ДТЗ n (DTZ)
Bislama: aksidong, bang
Bulgarian: катастро́фа (bg) f (katastrófa), ава́рия (bg) f (avárija), пътнотра́нспортно произше́ствие n (pǎtnotránsportno proizšéstvie) (traffic accident)
Catalan: accident (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 車禍／车祸 (zh) (chēhuò)
Czech: nehoda (cs) f
Danish: ulykke (da) c
Dutch: ongeval (nl) n
Esperanto: akcidento (eo)
Estonian: avarii (et)
Finnish: onnettomuus (fi)
French: accident (fr) m
Galician: accidente m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Unfall (de) m
Hebrew: תְאוּנָה‎ (he) f (te’uná)
Hungarian: baleset (hu)
Indonesian: kecelakaan (id)
Italian: incidente (it) m
Japanese: 事故 (ja) (じこ, jiko)
Kazakh: жол-көлік оқиғасы (jol-kölık oqiğasy) (traffic accident)
Korean: 사고(事故) (ko) (sago)
Lao: ອຸບັດເຫດ
Lithuanian: autoįvykis m, įvykis (lt) m
Malay: kemalangan
Malayalam: അപകടം (ml) (apakaṭaṃ)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ulykke (no) m or f, uhell (no) n, (to ship, aircraft) havari n

Nynorsk: ulukke f, ulykke f, uhell n, (to ship, aircraft) havari n
Polish: wypadek (pl) m inan
Portuguese: acidente (pt) m
Romanian: accident (ro) n
Russian: ава́рия (ru) f (avárija), столкнове́ние (ru) n (stolknovénije) (collision), доро́жно-тра́нспортное происше́ствие (ru) n (doróžno-tránsportnoje proisšéstvije) (traffic accident), ДТП (ru) n (DTP)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: у̀дес m

Roman: ùdes (sh) m
Slovak: nehoda (sk) f
Spanish: accidente (es) m
Swahili: ajali (sw)
Swedish: trafikolycka (sv) c
Thai: รถชน (rót chon), อุบัติเหตุ (th) (ù-bàt-dtì-hèet), อุบัติเหตุรถชน (ù-bàt-dtì-hèet rót chon)
Turkish: kaza (tr)
Ukrainian: ава́рія (uk) f (avárija), зі́ткнення n (zítknennja) (collision), доро́жньо-тра́нспортна приго́да f (doróžnʹo-tránsportna pryhóda) (traffic accident), ДТП f (DTP)
Walloon: accidint (wa) m
Yiddish: אַוואַריע‎ f (avarye)

euphemism: instance of incontinence

grammar: property attached to a word

Catalan: accident (ca) m

geology: irregular surface feature

heraldry: which may be retained or omitted

law: unforeseen interference

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} akcidento (eo)
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} შემთხვევა (šemtxveva)
Ido: ^{(please verify)} acidento (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kecelakaan, ^{(please verify)} musibah (id) (1)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} inċident
Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} හදිසි අනතුර n (hadisi anatura)

Adjective[edit]

(transport) Designating any form of transportation involved in an accident.

The NTSB report revealed that the accident airplane was a Cessna 172.

References[edit]

Elisabetta Lonati, «Allas, the shorte throte, the tendre mouth»: the sins of the mouth in The Canterbury Tales, in Thou sittest at another boke, volume 3 (2008, ISSN 1974-0603), page 253: «the cooks «turnen substance into accident» (Pd 539), transform the raw material, its natural essence, into the outward aspect by which it is known.»
Barbara Fass Leavy, To Blight With Plague: Studies in a Literary Theme (1993), page 47:

To turn substance into accident is to give external form to what previously was unformed, to transform spirit into matter, to reduce eternal truths to their ephemeral physical manifestations.

^ “geological accident — accident géologique”, in Dictionary of Civil Engineering: English-French (EngineeringPro), Springer Science & Business Media, 2007-05-08, →DOI, →ISBN, page 573: “A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground, etc.”

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ək.siˈdent/
(Central) IPA^(key): /ək.siˈden/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈdent/

Noun[edit]

accident m (plural accidents)

accident (a chance occurrence)
(grammar) accident
(music) accidental
(logic) accident
(transport) accident
(geography) feature

Derived terms[edit]

accidentar
accidentogen

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accidental

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch accident, from Middle French accident.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˌɑk.siˈdɛnt/
Hyphenation: ac‧ci‧dent
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun[edit]

accident n (plural accidenten, diminutive accidentje n)

(philosophy, theology) accidental property
(now Belgium) accident

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin accidens.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ak.si.dɑ̃/

Noun[edit]

accident m (plural accidents)

accident

Usage notes[edit]

Not to be confused with incident.

Derived terms[edit]

accident de décompression
accident de parcours
accident de travail/accident du travail
accident vasculaire cérébral
accidentel
accidenter
par accident

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Form of the verb accidō (“I fall down upon”).

Verb[edit]

accident

third-person plural future active indicative of accidō

Etymology 2[edit]

Form of the verb accīdō (“I cut down”).

Verb[edit]

accīdent

third-person plural future active indicative of accīdō

Middle French[edit]

Noun[edit]

accident m (plural accidens)

accident (unexpected outcome)

Old French[edit]

Noun[edit]

accident m (oblique plural accidenz or accidentz, nominative singular accidenz or accidentz, nominative plural accident)

accident (chance occurrence)
symptom (medical)

Descendants[edit]

English: accident
French: accident

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French accident.

Noun[edit]

accident n (plural accidente)

accident

Declension[edit]

Scots[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈaksɪdɛnt]

Noun[edit]

accident (plural accidents)

An accident; a coincidental occurrence or event.

References[edit]

Eagle, Andy, editor (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Источник

ac·ci·dent

(ăk′sĭ-dənt, -dĕnt′)

a. An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm: an accident on the assembly line; car accidents on icy roads.

b. An unforeseen event that is not the result of intention or has no apparent cause: A series of happy accidents led to his promotion.

c. An instance of involuntary urination or defecation.

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

3. Philosophy An attribute of a substance that is not essential to its nature.

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

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

accident

(ˈæksɪdənt)

1. an unforeseen event or one without an apparent cause

2. anything that occurs unintentionally or by chance; chance; fortune: I met him by accident.

3. a misfortune or mishap, esp one causing injury or death

4. (Logic) logic philosophy Also called: adjunct a nonessential attribute or characteristic of something (as opposed to substance)

5. (Philosophy) metaphysics a property as contrasted with the substance in which it inheres

6. (Geological Science) geology a surface irregularity in a natural formation, esp in a rock formation or a river system

[C14: via Old French from Latin accident- chance, happening, from the present participle of accidere to befall, happen, from ad- to + cadere to fall]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ac•ci•dent

(ˈæk sɪ dənt)

1. an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usu. results in injury, damage, or loss.

2. an incident that results in injury, in no way the fault of the victim, for which compensation or indemnity is legally sought.

3. any event that happens unexpectedly, without a deliberate plan or cause.

4. chance; fortune; luck: I was there by accident.

5. a nonessential or incidental feature or circumstance.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin accident-, s. of accidēns chance event, contingent entity, orig. present participle of accidere to happen =ac- ac- + -cidere, comb. form of cadere to fall]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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»

wreck, shipwreck — an accident that destroys a ship at sea

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»

hap — an accidental happening; «he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life»

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»

accident

noun

2. misfortune, blow, disaster, tragedy, setback, calamity, mishap, misadventure, mischance, stroke of bad luck 5,000 people die every year because of accidents in the home.

3. chance, fortune, luck, fate, hazard, coincidence, fluke, fortuity She discovered the problem by accident.

Quotations
«now and then there is a person born»
«who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents»
«which started out to happen to somebody else» [Don Marquis archys life of mehitabel]

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

accident

noun

1. An unexpected and usually undesirable event:

2. An unexpected random event:

Translations

nehodanáhoda

uheldulykketilfældetilfældighed

onnettomuussattumatapaturmavahinko

nezgodaslučajno

baleset

slystilviljun

事故思いがけず

사고우연

atsitiktinaiatsitiktinisatsitiktinumasavarijanelaimingas atsitikimas

gadījumsnejaušībanelaimes gadījums

nezgodapo naključju

olyckaråka

โดยบังเอิญอุบัติเหตุ

tai nạnvô tình

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

accident

[ˈæksɪdənt] n

(= chance) → hasard m
by accident (= by chance)
She met him by accident → Elle l’a rencontré par hasard.
it’s no accident that … → ce n’est pas un hasard si …

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

accident

n (Mot, in home, at work) → Unfall m; (Rail, Aviat: = disaster) → Unglück nt; (= mishap) → Missgeschick nt; (= chance occurrence) → Zufall m; (inf: = unplanned child) → (Verkehrs)unfall m (inf); accident and emergency department/unit → Notfallstation f, → Notaufnahme f; she has had an accident → sie hat einen Unfall gehabt or (caused it) → gebaut (inf); (in car, train etc also) → sie ist verunglückt; (in kitchen etc) → ihr ist etwas or ein Missgeschick or ein Malheur passiert; little Jimmy has had an accident (euph) → dem kleinen Jimmy ist ein Malheur passiert (inf); that was an accident waiting to happen → das musste ja so kommen; by accident (= by chance) → durch Zufall, zufällig; (= unintentionally) → aus Versehen; without accident (of driver, car) → unfallfrei; who by an accident of birth possessed riches → der zufälligerweise reich geboren wurde; accidents will happen (prov) → so was kann vorkommen, so was kommt in den besten Familien vor (inf); it was an accident → es war ein Versehen; it was pure accident that … → es war reiner Zufall, dass …; it’s no accident that … → es ist kein Zufall, dass …; (not surprisingly) → es kommt nicht von ungefähr, dass …

accident

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

accident

(ˈӕksidənt) noun

1. an unexpected happening, often harmful, causing injury etc. There has been a road accident.

2. chance. I met her by accident.

ˌacciˈdental (-ˈden-) adjective

happening by chance or accident. an accidental discovery.

ˌacciˈdentally (-ˈden-) adverb

accident

→ حادِثَة, مُصَادَقَة náhoda, nehoda uheld Unfall, versehentlich ατύχημα accidente onnettomuus, vahinko accident, par hasard nezgoda, slučajno incidente 事故, 思いがけず 사고, 우연 ongeluk feil, ulykke wypadek acidente несчастный случай, случайно olycka, råka โดยบังเอิญ, อุบัติเหตุ kaza, kazayla tai nạn, vô tình 事故, 意外

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

ac·ci·dent

n. accidente;

by ___ → por casualidad, sin querer;

car ___ → ___ automovilístico;

occupational ___ → ___ del trabajo, ocupacional;

traffic ___ → ___ de tráfico.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

accident

n accidente m; by — sin querer; cerebrovascular — accidente cerebrovascular; traffic o motor vehicle — accidente de tránsito or tráfico, choque m (fam); work-related — accidente de trabajo

Источник

Other forms: accidents

An accident is an unfortunate event. By their very nature, accidents are not planned. Rear-ending the car ahead of you, spilling milk, losing your footing on an icy sidewalk — all of these are considered accidents.

You will most often hear people use accident to describe an unfortunate mistake, like swerving into oncoming traffic or making a sloppy calculation. However, an accident could have a positive outcome as well: «The invention of the chocolate chip cookie was a happy accident, occurring when the cook decided to add the chopped chocolate to the batter without melting it first.»

Definitions of accident

noun

an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
noun

anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

“winning the lottery was a happy
accident”

“it was due to an
accident or fortuity”

synonyms:

chance event, fortuity, stroke

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Источник

Word	ACCIDENT
Character	8
Hyphenation	ac ci dent
Pronunciations	/ˈæk.sə.dənt/

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What do we mean by accident?

An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm. noun

An unforeseen event that is not the result of intention or has no apparent cause. noun

An instance of involuntary urination or defecation. noun

Lack of intention; chance. noun

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

In general, anything that happens or begins to be without design, or as an unforeseen effect; that which falls out by chance; a fortuitous event or circumstance. noun

Specifically, an undesirable or unfortunate happening; an undesigned harm or injury; a casualty or mishap. noun

The operation of chance; an undesigned contingency; a happening without intentional causation; chance; fortune: as, it was the result of accident; I was there by accident. noun

That which exists or occurs abnormally; something unusual or phenomenal; an uncommon occurrence or appearance. noun

Irregularity; unevenness; abruptness. noun

An irregularity of surface; an undulation: as, the enemy was favored by the accidents of the ground. noun

A non-essential. noun

In grammar, a variation or inflection of a word, not essential to its primary signification, but marking a modification of its relation, as gender, number, and case. See accidence. noun

Synonyms Chance, mischance, hap, mishap, fortune, misfortune, luck, bad luck, casualty, calamity, disaster. noun

Property, Attribute, etc. See quality. noun

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one’s foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap. noun

A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case. noun

A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms. noun

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.

Especially, a collision or similar unintended event that causes damage or death.

Any chance event.

Chance.

Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential.

An instance of incontinence.

An unintended pregnancy.

A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.

(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.

An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.

A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.

A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

Casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.

Appearance, manifestation.

An unintended mistake of some kind.
(a) Befouling oneself with something vile (see shart for examples).
(b) Getting caught doing something stupid at work that results in a drug screening. Urban Dictionary

Fiction. A word mis-used to describe negligence, usually by the person at fault. Urban Dictionary

-an unwanted pregnancy.
-an illegitimate child. Urban Dictionary

Me and you probably Urban Dictionary

We don’t speak of the accident Urban Dictionary

1. How you would type accidentally quick, especially in texting.
2. A common spelling error of accidentally Urban Dictionary

The improper usage of the phrase «by accident». Started in the United States, but it has started to spread to other countries like a plague. A terrible, terrible, grammar plague. Urban Dictionary

An event; when one urinates or fecalizes prematurely to reaching an established restroom facility, typically staining one’s clothes and causing much embarassment.
Typically, having shat oneself. Urban Dictionary

The act of getting into an accident Urban Dictionary

N. A commonly used excuse with the intention of averting responsibility. Urban Dictionary

Источник

авария, случайность, несчастный случай, катастрофа, случай

существительное ↓

- несчастный случай; катастрофа; авария

- случай, случайность

pure /mere/ accident — чистая случайность
accident measures — воен. меры предупреждения случайностей
by accident — случайно, нечаянно
we met by accident rather than by design — мы встретились скорее случайно, чем преднамеренно
nothing was left to accident — всё было предусмотрено, случайностям места не осталось

- лог. случайное свойство; побочное обстоятельство
- геогр. складка, неровность местности, рельефа
- филос. акциденция, несущественное или неглавное качество предмета

accidents will happen in the best regulated families — всякое бывает; ≅ скандал в благородном семействе

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

a summary account of the accident — краткий отчет об аварии (отчёт с основными выводами)
the direct cause of the accident — непосредственная причина этой аварии
a direct result of the accident — непосредственный результат аварии
A circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident. — Собравшиеся в круг полицейские лишились дара речи от удивления, услышав от неё, что она не видела момент аварии.
calamitous accident — несчастный случай
a contributory cause of the accident — причина, способствующая аварии
hunting accident — несчастный случай на охоте
railway / train accident — катастрофа на железной дороге
unavoidable accident — неизбежная катастрофа
to be involved in serious car accident — попасть в серьёзную автокатастрофу
by a lucky accident — по счастливой случайности
pure / sheer accident — чистая случайность
accident insured against — страховой случай

Примеры с переводом

He was in a bad accident.

Он попал в серьёзную аварию.

We discovered it by accident.

Мы обнаружили это случайно.

It was a sheer accident.

Это была чистая случайность.

He was injured in an accident at work.

Он получил травму /пострадал/ в результате несчастного случая на работе.

It was by pure accident that we found the money.

Мы нашли деньги по чистой случайности.

My third baby was an accident.

Мой третий ребенок был случайностью (он не был запланирован).

The police say the killing of the young man was an accident.

Полиция утверждает, что убийство молодого человека было случайностью.

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There’s been a frightful accident.

In the accident, the cars telescoped

I heard his explanation of the accident

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Возможные однокоренные слова

accidental — случайный, неожиданный, второстепенный, случайность, случайный элемент
accidents — авария, случайность, несчастный случай, катастрофа, случай
accidented — неровный, шероховатый, нарушенный

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): accident
мн. ч.(plural): accidents

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Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential.

An instance of incontinence.

An unintended pregnancy.

A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.

(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.

An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.

A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.

A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

Casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.

Appearance, manifestation.

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Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACCIDENT

Via Old French from Latin accident- chance, happening, from the present participle of accidere to befall, happen, from ad- to + cadere to fall.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ACCIDENT

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCIDENT

Accident is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACCIDENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Accident

An accident or a mishap is an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance, often with lack of intention or necessity. It usually implies a generally negative outcome which might have been avoided or prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence. Injury prevention refers to activities designed to foresee and avoid accidents. Accidents of particularly common types are investigated to identify how to avoid them in the future. This is sometimes called root cause analysis, but does not generally apply to accidents that cannot be deterministically predicted. A root cause of an uncommon and purely random accident may never be identified, and thus future similar accidents remain «accidental.»…

Definition of accident in the English dictionary

The first definition of accident in the dictionary is an unforeseen event or one without an apparent cause. Other definition of accident is anything that occurs unintentionally or by chance; chance; fortune. Accident is also a misfortune or mishap, esp one causing injury or death.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACCIDENT

Synonyms and antonyms of accident in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «ACCIDENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «accident» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «accident» into 25 languages

TRANSLATION OF ACCIDENT

Find out the translation of accident to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of accident from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «accident» in English.

Translator English — Chinese

事故

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English — Spanish

accidente

570 millions of speakers

English

accident

510 millions of speakers

Translator English — Hindi

दुर्घटना

380 millions of speakers

Translator English — Arabic

حادِثَة

280 millions of speakers

Translator English — Russian

несчастный случай

278 millions of speakers

Translator English — Portuguese

acidente

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali

দুর্ঘটনা

260 millions of speakers

Translator English — French

accident

220 millions of speakers

Translator English — Malay

Kemalangan

190 millions of speakers

Translator English — German

Unfall

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese

事故

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean

사고

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese

Kecelakaan

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese

tai nạn

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil

விபத்து

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi

अपघात

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish

kaza

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian

incidente

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish

wypadek

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian

аварія

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian

accident

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek

ατύχημα

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans

ongeluk

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish

olycka

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian

ulykke

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of accident

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCIDENT»

The term «accident» is very widely used and occupies the 4.891 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCIDENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «accident» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «accident» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about accident

10 QUOTES WITH «ACCIDENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word accident.

Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

Before my accident I was a little too… selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I’m blessed. I’m really blessed.

Spike Lee is obviously more stupid than anyone can be by accident.

I came to photography by accident.

Sometimes people walk into plays by accident — they don’t even know what they’re looking at; they just think to give it a chance. That can be the beginning of a long friendship.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.

Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened during the whole time of my residence.

A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide.

And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist, be it as an art tutor or illustrator, and that’s how I wanted to make my living.

When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens always. It is not an excuse at all.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCIDENT»

Discover the use of accident in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to accident and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

It’s No Accident: Breakthrough Solutions to Your Child’s …

In this eye-opening book, Dr. Steve Hodges explains why millions of potty-trained kids are clogged with poop and holding pee, problems related to the Western lifestyle, pressure to toilet train too early, inadequate potty-training follow-up …

Steve J. Hodges, Suzanne Schlosberg, 2012

Virilio defines the ways in which postindustrial science has merged with out-and-out hyperterrorism to threaten the foundations of Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian civilisation, and the future of the planet with them, through innovation of mass …

Accident: A Philosophical and Literary History (Large Print …

A car accidentally hits Giacometti, and he experiences an epiphany. Darwin introduces accident to the basic process of life, and Freud looks to acc.

Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America’s First Nuclear …

Was the disaster promptly covered up to protect the burgeoning nuclear industry? Idaho Falls documents one of America’s best-kept secrets and investigates the question of conspiracy.

Luck is No Accident: Making the Most of Happenstance in Your …

A chance meeting, a broken appointment, a spontaneous vacation trip are the kind of experiences that lead to unexpected life directions. This book encourages readers to prepare for the unexpected and to make the most of what life offers.

John D. Krumboltz, Al S. Levin, 2010

Accident & Emergency: Theory Into Practice

This book shows nurses why they are doing what they do rather than just how for a wide range of A&E conditions. It features special sections that cover potential problem areas such as paediatrics and treating the mentally ill A&E patient.

Brian Dolan, Lynda Holt, 2008

Accident: A Day’s News: A Novel

An East German writer, awaiting a call from the hospital where her brother is undergoing brain surgery, instead receives news of a massive nuclear accident at Chernobyl, one thousand miles away.

Crash Course: A Self-Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma …

But he doesn’t have any real paintings left! The spell must be broken and soon! A book containing subtle references to the work of Belgian surrealist Ren Magritte, the illustrations are full of clever and amusing details.

Diane Poole Heller, Laurence S. Heller, 2001

Basic Guide to Accident Investigation and Loss Control

These manuals promote a quick and easy familiarity with certain subject areas that may be outside the professional’s main field but are required knowledge on the job.

The Accident: A Thriller

Grieving and in denial, Glen resolves to investigate the accident himself—and begins to uncover layers of lawlessness beneath the placid surface of their Connecticut suburb, secret after dangerous secret behind the closed doors.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCIDENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term accident is used in the context of the following news items.

Jason Pierre-Paul Injury: Updates on DE’s Hand After Reported …

Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories. Jason Pierre-Paul Injury: Updates on DE’s Hand After Reported Fireworks Accident. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

Maine Man Dies in Fourth of July Fireworks Accident

A 22-year-old man died on Saturday night in Maine as a result of a fireworks accident on the Fourth of July, officials said. Devon Staples, 22 … «TIME, Jul 15»

Tracking the ‘Vyapam deaths’: Cancer to bike accident to suicide …

“I will not go into details but it is not like somebody has reached any blanket conclusion about these cases. All the deaths — be it an accident or … «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

2 Dead, 3 Missing in Ohio River Boating Accident

2 Dead, 3 Missing in Ohio River Boating Accident. More. Nine people were aboard the pontoon boat when it overturned under a work barge. «ABC News, Jul 15»

Sarasota man on life support after spearfishing accident

SARASOTA, Fla. – A 21-year-old Sarasota man is in critical condition after a spearfishing accident over the weekend. WINK News spoke … «Wink News, Jul 15»

Eden Prairie woman dies in boating accident

Authorities say drunken boating may have been a factor in the death of an Eden Prairie woman who was thrown from a boat on Cass Lake in … «KARE, Jul 15»

1 lane reopens after accident, fuel spill on northbound I-95 in …

One lane is back open after an accident that shut shutdown all the northbound lanes on I-95 near the Blue Route in Delaware County. «6abc.com, Jul 15»

Woman killed in farm accident

«Worksafe and police will be looking at all factors at the scene and speaking with other family members to establish the cause of the accident.». «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Two children killed in Azusa car accident are identified by coroner

The car was heading south on the two-lane highway when the accident occurred about half a mile north of the U.S. forestry information booth. «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

3 killed in DeKalb County car accident

DeKalb County police are investigating two-car accident that killed three people at the intersection of Lithonia Industrial Blvd. and Marbut Rd. «WSB Atlanta, Jul 15»

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