Слово англійською: accident

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Переклад accident українською: ава́рія, ви́падок (випадко́вість), прийма́льне відді́лення швидко́ї допомо́ги, аварі́йність, випадко́во, доро́жньо-тра́нспортна приго́да (ДТП)

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accident

noun
/ˈæksɪdənt/
  1. [countable] an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage
    • a car/road/traffic accident
    • in an accident He was killed in an accident.
    • One in seven accidents is caused by sleepy drivers.
    • The accident happened at 3 p.m.
    • to have an accident
    • a serious/minor accident
    • a fatal accident (= in which somebody is killed)
    • Every year in the United Kingdom more than 4 000 people die in accidents in the home.
    • a climbing/riding accident
    • Take out accident insurance before you go on your trip.
    • I didn't mean to break it—it was an accident.
    • Their boat sank in a freak accident.
    • His son died in a tragic cycling accident.
    • There are a number of accident blackspots (= places where lots of accidents happen) on that road.
    • We don't know the cause of the accident.
    • She was badly injured in a motorcycle accident.
    Wordfinder
    • accident
    • ambulance
    • casualty
    • first aid
    • hospital
    • injure
    • paramedic
    • stretcher
    • victim
    • witness
  2. [countable, uncountable] something that happens by chance and without an obvious cause
    • Their early arrival was just an accident.
    • It is no accident that lawn tennis was invented in England.
    • an accident of birth/fate/history (= describing facts and events that are due to chance or circumstances)
    Synonyms luckluckchance ▪ coincidence ▪ accident ▪ fate ▪ destinyThese are all words for things that happen or the force that causes them to happen.luck the force that causes good or bad things to happen to people:
    • This ring has always brought me good luck.
    chance the way that some things happen without any cause that you can see or understand:
    • The results could simply be due to chance.
    coincidence the fact of two things happening at the same time by chance, in a surprising way:
    • They met through a series of strange coincidences.
    accident something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance:
    • Their early arrival was just an accident.
    fate the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed:
    • Fate decreed that she would never reach America.
    destiny the power that is believed to control events:
    • I believe there’s some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate.
     fate or destiny?Fate can be kind, but this is an unexpected gift; just as often, fate is cruel and makes people feel helpless. Destiny is more likely to give people a sense of power: people who have a strong sense of destiny usually believe that they are meant to be great or do great things.Patterns
    • by …luck/​chance/​coincidence/​accident
    • It’s no coincidence/​accident that…
    • pure/​sheer luck/​chance/​coincidence/​accident
    • to believe in luck/​coincidences/​fate/​destiny
    3. Word Originlate 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’.
Idioms
an accident/a disaster waiting to happen
  1. a thing or person that is very likely to cause danger or a problem in the future because of the condition it is in or the way they behave
    • Any one of these nuclear plants may be a disaster waiting to happen.
accidents will happen
  1. people say accidents will happen to tell somebody who has had an accident, for example breaking something, that it does not matter and they should not worry
by accident
  1. in a way that is not planned or organized
    • We met by accident at the airport.
    • Helen got into acting purely by accident.
    • It happened, whether by accident or design, that Steve and I were the last two people to leave.
    opposite deliberately, on purpose
a chapter of accidents
  1. (British English) a series of unpleasant events caused by bad luck
    • The whole affair has been a chapter of accidents from start to finish.
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