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How to pronounce accident
Say it like this: /ˈæk.sə.dənt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does accident mean?
nounAn 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.
“to die by an accident such as an act of God”
casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
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 bysta
“There was a huge accident on I5 involving 15 automobiles.”
adjDesignating any form of transportation involved in an accident.
“The NTSB report revealed that the accident airplane was a Cessna 172.”
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