Word: Accidental
How to pronounce: æksɪˈdentl
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly.
Example sentences: "A verdict of accidental death"
2. Incidental; subsidiary.
Example sentences: "The location is accidental and contributes nothing to the tension between the characters in the poem"
3. (in Aristotelian thought) relating to or denoting properties which are not essential to a thing's nature.
Example sentences: "It is customary, both in everyday speech and in philosophical discussion, to distinguish between the essential and the accidental properties of objects."
Noun
Definitions:
1. A sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note.
Example sentences: "Horn parts are usually written without key signature, the necessary accidentals being added"
2. Another term for vagrant
Synonyms:
casual
incidental
contingent
eventuality
chance
fortuity
stray
happenstance
inadvertent
unintended
unwitting
unplanned
unpremeditated
occasional
fortuitous
coincidental
adventitious
serendipitous
by chance
accidently
inadvertently
unintentional
Derivations:
accidentally
accident
accidence
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Accidental in Other Languages...
Spanish: Accidental
German: Zufällig
French: Accidentel
Italian: Accidentale
Turkish: Kaza
