incidental

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
- he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
• Syn:
incidental expense, minor expense
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Hypernyms:
expense
2. an item that is incidental
• Hypernyms:
item, point

II - adjective

1. (sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence (Freq. 1)
- incidental expenses
- the road will bring other incidental advantages
- extra duties incidental to the job
- labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion
- confusion incidental to a quick change
• Syn:
incident
• Ant:
basic
• Similar to:
omissible, parenthetic, parenthetical, peripheral, secondary
2. not of prime or central importance
- "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
• Syn:
nonessential
• Similar to:
inessential, unessential
• Derivationally related forms:
nonessential (for: nonessential)
3. following or accompanying as a consequence
- an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
- snags incidental to the changeover in management
- attendant circumstances
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
- the ensuant response to his appeal
- the resultant savings were considerable
• Syn:
attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, ensuant,
resultant, sequent
• Similar to:
subsequent
• Derivationally related forms:
resultant (for: resultant), result (for: resultant), concomitance (for: concomitant), consequence (for: consequent), attendant (for: attendant), attend (for: attendant)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, ensuant, resultant, sequent, nonessential, incident, incidental expense, minor expense