Accidental Meaning and Definition


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Accidental meaning

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


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