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Definition: Act Of God |
Act Of GodNoun1. A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Economics | A violent act of nature such as lightning, flood, earthquake or hurricane which man can neither cause nor intervene with. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | An expression used in bills of lading meaning any cause which proceeds from the violence of nature, or that kind of force of the elements which human ability could not have foreseen or prevented. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A)force majeure:as a legal notion a superior force which prevents the fulfilment, for example, of a contract and for which one is not responsible b)act of God:an expression used in bills of lading meaning any cause which proceeds from the violence of nature or that kind of force of the elements which human ability could not have foreseen or prevented. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Act of God (An) "Damnum fatale," such as loss by lightning, shipwreck, fire, etc.; loss arising from fatality, and not from one's own fault, theft, and so on. A Devonshire jury once found a verdict - " That deceased died by the act of God, brought about by the flooded condition of the river." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Shipping | An act beyond human control, such as lightning, flood or earthquake. (references) |
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Synonyms: Act Of GodSynonyms: force majeure (n), inevitable accident (n), unavoidable casualty (n), vis major (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Act Of God |
| English words defined with "act of God": At the hand of ♦ Casus, Casus fortuitus ♦ miracle ♦ Testification ♦ Union joint. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "act of God": Baptism of Christ ♦ FRANKALMOIGNE ♦ Hiel. (references) |
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Screenplays | Loss of job can be a result of termination, merger, or act of God. It doesn't say anything about poker. (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) That comes under the Act of God clause. (Broadway Danny Rose; writing credit: Woody Allen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Act of God (1980) No Act of God (1977) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The French Revolution is an act of God. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
act of god | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "act of God"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | force majeure (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, risk arising from an act of God, risk arising from force majeure, risks arising from circumstances beyond control, vis major). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Act of God (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), overmacht (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), natuurramp, heirkracht (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), force majeure (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ylivoimainen este (adversity, cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, hardship, vis major), luonnoneste (physical impediment), LAT:force majeure (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acte de Dieu, force majeure, fait de Dieu, cas de force majeure (acts of God). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | höhere Gewalt (acts of God, catastrophes, cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, forcemajeure, vis major). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περίπτωση ανωτέρας βίας (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), ανώτερη βία (force majeure), ανωτέρα βία (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | forza maggiore (adversity, cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, hardship, vis major). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 不可抗力 (force majeure, inevitability, irresistible force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふか"うりょく (force majeure, inevitability, irresistible force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | actay ofay odgay acto de Deus, por motivos de força maior, caso fortuito, caso de força maior. (various references) fuerza mayor (cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), caso de fuerza mayor (acts of God, catastrophes). (various references) force majeure (acts of God, catastrophes, cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major). (various references) tabii afet, doğal afet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | force majeure. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-f-g-o-o-t" | |
-3 letters: afoot, fagot, octad. | |
-4 letters: coat, coda, coft, coof, coot, daft, dago, dato, doat, fact, fado, food, foot, goad, goat, good, goof, taco, toad, toga. | |
-5 letters: act, ado, aft, ago, cad, cat, cod, cog, coo, cot, dag, doc, dog, dot, fad, fag, fat, fog, gad, gat, goa, god, goo, got, oaf, oat, oca, oft, oot, tad, tag, tao, tod, tog, too. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 74 4F 66 47 6F 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01000111 01101111 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c t   O f   G o d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0074 004F 0066 0047 006F 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356986249722418170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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