accident

Speech parts

1. accident - Noun

2. accident - Adjective

3. Accident - Proper noun

Meaning

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; as, to die by an accident.

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

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

A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.

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

Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.

Unusual appearance or effect.

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Examples

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident. Charles Lamb

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. John Ruskin

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven

An accident rarely comes alone. Swedish Proverb

When a ship is broken, the accident does not prevent others from sailing. Martinican Proverb

Substance is not enough, accident is also required. Italian Proverb

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