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misadventure (noun)

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  • misadventure — ► NOUN 1) (also death by misadventure) Law death caused accidentally during the performance of a legal act without negligence or intent to harm. 2) a mishap …   English terms dictionary

  • misadventure — noun Misadventure is used before these nouns: ↑verdict …   Collocations dictionary

  • misadventure — noun 1》 (also death by misadventure) English Law death caused accidentally while performing a legal act without negligence or intent to harm. 2》 a mishap …   English new terms dictionary

  • misadventure — noun (C, U) 1 death by misadventure BrE law the official name for an accidental death 2 literary bad luck or an accident …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • misadventure — noun their journey to the Olympics began as one misadventure after another Syn: accident, problem, difficulty, misfortune, mishap; setback, reversal (of fortune), stroke of bad luck, blow, contretemps; failure, disaster, tragedy, calamity, woe,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • misadventure — noun Etymology: Middle English mesaventure, from Anglo French, from mesavenir to turn out badly, from mes mis + avenir to happen, from Latin advenire more at adventure Date: 14th century misfortune, mishap …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • misadventure — noun An accidental mishap or misfortune …   Wiktionary

  • misadventure — UK [ˌmɪsədˈventʃə(r)] / US [ˌmɪsədˈventʃər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms misadventure : singular misadventure plural misadventures formal something bad that happens to you • death by misadventure …   English dictionary

  • misadventure — mis|ad|ven|ture [ ,mısəd ventʃər ] noun count or uncount FORMAL something bad that happens to you death by misadventure BRITISH LEGAL death caused by an accident …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • misadventure — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. adversity, ill luck, catastrophe; see misfortune 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. mishap, accident, disaster, miscarriage, misfortune, *screw up, slip, catastrophe, tragedy, calamity. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An… …   English dictionary for students

  • misadventure — /mɪsədˈvɛntʃə / (say misuhd venchuh) noun 1. a piece of ill fortune; a mishap. 2. ill fortune. 3. Law an accident arising out of the doing of a lawful act …  

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