accident-n; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: unfortunate mishap, often injurious

Commentary: ACCIDENT[+event][+mishap][+injurious] A misfortune.

Examples:
She broke her wrist in a bicycle accident.
There was a fatal car accident on Fourth Street yesterday.
Ninety percent of all deadly accidents occur in the home.
The puppy had another accident on the living room carpet. (made a mess)
Fatigue may be responsible for increasing accidents in the operating room.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: a seemingly random event, by chance

Commentary: ACCIDENT[+event][+random][+apparently] An unplanned event.

Examples:
Just by accident I ran into John at the coffee shop this morning.
It's no accident that Mary's rose bushes are the most beautiful on the street. (she works hard on them)
He got into sailboat racing largely by accident. (he didn't plan it)
Getting pregnant with her second child was an accident.
Her faith was an accident of birth, not a principled commitment.
One view of evolution is that it's a series of accidents of nature gleaned by natural selection.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 3: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

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