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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Chapter of Accidents (A ). Unforeseen events. To trust to the chapter of accidents is to trust that something unforeseen may turn up in your favour. The Roman laws were divided into books, and each book into chapters. The chapter of accidents is that under the head of accidents, and metaphorically, the sequence of unforeseen events. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Chance 2 | Noun: chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit; fate; (necessity); equal chance; lottery; tombola; toss up; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune; sortes, sortes Virgilianae. |
Eventuality | The world, life, things, doings, affairs in general; things in general, affairs in general; the times, state of affairs, order of the day; course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events; ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life; chapter of accidents; (chance); situation; (circumstances). |
Intention | Toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it, take one's chance, take a shot at it (attempt); run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS": The chapter of accidents. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σειρά ατυχημάτων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apterchay ofay accidentsay serie de nenorociri neprevãzute. (various references) непредвиденное стечение обстоятельств. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-d-e-e-f-h-i-n-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-5 letters: technocracies. | |
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