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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

accident

/ˈæk.sə.dənt/

An illustration for accident

noun

sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury, etc.

  • “I hope none of them were injured in the accident.”Tatoeba
  • “The taxi driver blamed the accident on the truck driver.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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