[ˈaksɪd(ə)nt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury
(e.g: he had an accident at the factory)

- an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause
(e.g: the pregnancy was an accident)

- (in Aristotelian thought) a property of a thing which is not essential to its nature


Phrases:
- accidents will happen
- an accident waiting to happen
- by accident
- without accident

Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘an event’): via Old French from Latin accident- ‘happening’, from the verb accidere, from ad- ‘towards, to’ + cadere ‘to fall’