sattuma — meaning in English

English meaning

• accident noun An unplanned event, often unfortunate, that happens without anyone intending it.
• adventure noun An exciting or unusual experience, often involving some risk or the unknown.
• chance noun An opportunity to do something.
• fortuity noun The state of being fortuitous.
• fortune noun A very large amount of money or wealth.
• incidental adjective Happening as a minor accompaniment to something else, rather than as the main point.

Senses

sattuma is used for these senses in English:

• accident An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
• accident (law) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
• adventure (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
• chance (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
• floaty A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
• fortuity (countable) A fortuitous event; an accident.
• fortune A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
• incidental Something that is incidental.

accident — full definition

1. noun An unplanned event, often unfortunate, that happens without anyone intending it.
2. noun A crash involving a vehicle or other form of transport.

adventure — full definition

1. noun An exciting or unusual experience, often involving some risk or the unknown.
2. verb To take a risk by venturing into something uncertain.

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