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Meanings of accident in English

Portuguese
coincidência
Catalan
atzar
Spanish
casualidad

Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause.

        coincidência
        Russian
        акцидент
        Spanish
        accidente

        Philosophical attribute.

            Related terms
            акцидент
            Synonyms
            Examples for "stroke"
            Examples for "stroke"
            1
            Her father had suffered a stroke; the family home was in crisis.
            The Guardian
            2
            Main outcome measure: Cardiac and stroke mortality were our main outcome measures.
            Pubmed
            3
            Pfeiffer has experienced some health difficulties in recent years, including stroke-like symptoms.
            Reuters
            4
            Red meat consumption was associated with increased stroke risk, particularly ischemic events.
            Pubmed
            5
            However, its impact is clearly inherent to the local stroke network conditions.
            Pubmed
            1
            And in some cases consideration only increases the fortuity of its results.
            The Mountebank
            2
            There was a certain air of forced fortuity in his manner.
            Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
            3
            As to Winston's unlucky hit this morning, it was mere fortuity.
            At Last: A Novel
            4
            That it would do so indefinitely and with no strings attached was a downright outlandish fortuity.
            Financial Crime and Corruption
            5
            Superficially it was a thing of utter fortuity.
            The Boss of Little Arcady
            1
            Your relationship with her is not exactly a chance event.
            Fire With Fire
            2
            And it all revolves around this chance event or fate - finding the photograph.
            Reuters
            3
            Oedipus is not a chance event, and this is how I built my character, Panou said.
            Reuters
            4
            Through some chance event.
            Spiral
            5
            A chance event enticed Hodgkin into the world of pathological anatomy and led him toward the disease that would bear his name.
            The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
            Portuguese
            sinistro
            Spanish
            siniestro

            Event referred in insurance contracts.

                  sinistro
                  Portuguese
                  a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter
                  Spanish
                  probar con ejemplo
                  Catalan
                  destruint l'excepció

                  Informal fallacy.

                      a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter
                      Usage of accident in English
                      1
                      A good result for the county is no longer considered an accident.
                      The Irish Times
                      2
                      The accident happened just outside the town of Weert, local police said.
                      The Irish Times
                      3
                      Vision Zero is a plan that rejects road accident deaths as 'acceptable'.
                      The Guardian
                      4
                      Prevent another accident On busy roads one accident often leads to another.
                      The South African
                      5
                      There was no official word yet on possible causes of the accident.
                      Reuters
                      6
                      It is the fifth fatal boat accident in the state this year.
                      Reuters
                      7
                      Good thing nobody had actually had a serious accident in the bathroom.
                      BBC
                      8
                      Father Ryan said you were in an accident a few years ago.
                      Rage of angels
                      9
                      Five workers injured in that accident remain hospitalized, according to the company.
                      Reuters
                      10
                      This morning Sarkozy also visited the families of the two accident victims.
                      The Guardian
                      11
                      Certainly Dublin didn't lose their first game of the year by accident.
                      The Irish Times
                      12
                      In many ways, it was still the case, especially since Phoebe's accident.
                      Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
                      13
                      A board of military officers will investigate the accident, the statement said.
                      Reuters
                      14
                      It is the second accident this week by a US space company.
                      Radio NZ
                      15
                      That message went out a week before Tran's accident, the lawsuit said.
                      Reuters
                      16
                      The first experiment passes off without accident; the second results in disillusionment.
                      The Guardian