Meaning of by accident | Babel Free
Definitions
- Accidentally; unintentionally; without meaning to; as the result of an event not expected, aided, or willingly planned.
- As the result of some undesigned, unintended, unrelated, natural, or random occurrence; as the unexpected and unforeseen result of formerly unrelated factors.
- By chance; unexpectedly; as the result of an unrelated series of events.
Examples
“Sorry. I knocked over the vase by accident.”
“The car got totaled by accident; a giant snowdrift fell off the church roof.”
“The only way that project still exists today is by accident; I thought we closed it years ago.”
“The scholar thinks the quote and the parable were spoken on different occasions and only by accident were brought together here.”
“I hadn't seen her for years, but I ran into her by accident at the store.”
“She overheard the information by accident.”
“Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.