accident
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,776 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,185 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause also: stroke, fortuity, chance event winning the lottery was a happy accidentthe pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
accident in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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This is no accident, it is a special Providence.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Selene related the accident that had befallen her father and how justified were her fears.
The Emperor — Volume 02 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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That custom is essential in the ballad, it is an accident not the essence of the epic.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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Had the porter missed me in the crowd? or had he basely availed himself of the accident to rob me?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1