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Definition of incidental in English: incidentaladjective ɪnsɪˈdɛnt(ə)lˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l 1Happening as a minor accompaniment to something else. for the fieldworker who deals with real problems, paperwork is incidental 对于处理实际问题的实地工作者来说，文书工作不是主要的。 附带的开支。 Example sentencesExamples - But while reducing accrued liability makes the balance sheet look better, there's no effect on expenses beyond the incidental savings of closing the office.
- The figures under the heading IEP relate to constituency office IT costs, stationery and incidental expenses.
- The team will pay for their own accommodation and it is hoped a sponsor will come forward to cover incidental expenses so all the money raised can go directly to Rosemere.
- Such background details were not incidental, but necessary and defining parts of so deeply felt an experience.
- That space came along as a necessary but incidental accompaniment of the two arches.
- We manage 90 seconds of incidental chitchat before conversation dries up.
- Book sales as such became an incidental, minor percentage of daily turnover in this and other bookshops.
- Each attack's accompanied by great incidental animations, ranging from acrobatic swordfights to the crackle and flare of Force Lightning tearing into the enemy.
- The latter has pages of editorial to play out fantasies and impart visual narratives, and the clothes are incidental; they just happen to be what the models were wearing at the time.
- The background is no incidental backcloth for the staging of the figure's magnificence.
- The scholarship will cover the full tuition and accommodation fees involved but will not cover travel to the Colaiste or other incidental expenses.
- Usually it's the ‘living expenses’ and other incidental costs that throw budgets out of whack.
- As in his biography of Macarthur, the Aborigines are incidental, minor problems for his hero to overcome.
- We know something of Casaubon's background from incidental remarks.
- For most the countryside is simply background, incidental.
- Criticism of the footnote is not a quibble about a minor incidental proposition.
- The Matriarch of the family gives him some money for books and incidental expenses.
- Yes, like I said we still don't have the money to cover even the incidental expenses, so I'm spending out of my pocket.
- Most cakes were eaten as incidental items to accompany a glass of sweet wine (the origin of the Madeira cake) or a dish of tea.
- A hundred dollars left at the desk to cover any incidental expenses I might incur in a day didn't get me effective use of the phone in my room or access to the mini-bar.
Synonyms less important, of less importance, secondary, subsidiary, subordinate, ancillary, auxiliary minor, peripheral, background, by-the-way, by-the-by, non-essential, inessential, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, unnecessary, trivial, trifling, negligible, petty, tangential, extrinsic, extraneous, dispensable, expendable - 1.1 Occurring by chance in connection with something else.
偶然发生的 the incidental catch of dolphins in the pursuit of tuna 捕捉金枪鱼时偶尔捕到的海豚。 Example sentencesExamples - The aim is to reduce the incidental catch of gamefish like marlin while allowing stocks of swordfish, oceanic sharks and tuna to replenish themselves.
- They are not meat eaters, and any insects they swallow are accidental or incidental.
- When the wasp attacks the larval butterfly, it drives the ants to attack each other, turning them into incidental casualties.
- The small and incidental commercial catch is marketed as ‘perch’.
- Precision comes from being able to strike the desired target while avoiding incidental casualties or unwanted damage.
Synonyms chance, by chance, accidental, by accident, random, casual, fortuitous, serendipitous, adventitious, coincidental, unlooked-for rare fluky rare aleatory
2incidental toHappening as a result of (an activity) the ordinary risks incidental to a fireman's job 从事消防工作易发生的常见险情。 Example sentencesExamples - For instance, a charity has to refrain from political advocacy, unless such lobbying activity is merely incidental to the charitable purpose.
- Achieving this designation in public policy requires identifying opportunities both as a specific agenda and as incidental to other APA activities.
- Thus, for example, activities initially incidental to the main of an area of land may grow in scale to a point where they convert the single use to a composite use and produce a material change of use of the whole.
- There was no fireman's rule in English law requiring firemen to accept the ordinary risks incidental to fighting a fire, having claims only in respect of unusual or extraordinary risks.
Synonyms connected with, related to, associated with, accompanying, attending, attendant on, concomitant to
noun ɪnsɪˈdɛnt(ə)lˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l usually incidentalsAn incidental expense, event, etc. 杂项；杂费；附带事件 an allowance to cover meals, taxis, and other incidentals 支付餐费，出租车费和其他杂费的津贴。 Example sentencesExamples - Meals, recreational activities, and incidentals are out-of-pocket expenses.
- These organisations are also entitled to what the government calls a top-up-grant which, in effect, is intended to cover rises in staff salaries and other incidentals.
- Tuition, books, first and last month's rent and other incidentals can easily have us spending $4,000 before the term even begins.
- The Defence Travel Card is a corporate credit card used to pay for business travel expenses including accommodation, meals, incidentals and surface travel.
- In 2002, tuition fees before incidentals in this same program stand at $2,015, an increase of 145 per cent over 10 years.
Synonyms extras, contingencies, odds and ends expenses
OriginEarly 17th century: originally from medieval Latin incidentalis, from Latin incident- 'falling upon, happening to' (from the verb incidere). Definition of incidental in US English: incidentaladjectiveˌinsəˈden(t)lˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l 1Accompanying but not a major part of something. 附带的，伴随的，非主要的 for the fieldworker who deals with real problems, paperwork is incidental 对于处理实际问题的实地工作者来说，文书工作不是主要的。 附带的开支。 Example sentencesExamples - The team will pay for their own accommodation and it is hoped a sponsor will come forward to cover incidental expenses so all the money raised can go directly to Rosemere.
- Book sales as such became an incidental, minor percentage of daily turnover in this and other bookshops.
- We manage 90 seconds of incidental chitchat before conversation dries up.
- A hundred dollars left at the desk to cover any incidental expenses I might incur in a day didn't get me effective use of the phone in my room or access to the mini-bar.
- The Matriarch of the family gives him some money for books and incidental expenses.
- Criticism of the footnote is not a quibble about a minor incidental proposition.
- The background is no incidental backcloth for the staging of the figure's magnificence.
- Yes, like I said we still don't have the money to cover even the incidental expenses, so I'm spending out of my pocket.
- We know something of Casaubon's background from incidental remarks.
- But while reducing accrued liability makes the balance sheet look better, there's no effect on expenses beyond the incidental savings of closing the office.
- Each attack's accompanied by great incidental animations, ranging from acrobatic swordfights to the crackle and flare of Force Lightning tearing into the enemy.
- As in his biography of Macarthur, the Aborigines are incidental, minor problems for his hero to overcome.
- Such background details were not incidental, but necessary and defining parts of so deeply felt an experience.
- The scholarship will cover the full tuition and accommodation fees involved but will not cover travel to the Colaiste or other incidental expenses.
- Most cakes were eaten as incidental items to accompany a glass of sweet wine (the origin of the Madeira cake) or a dish of tea.
- The latter has pages of editorial to play out fantasies and impart visual narratives, and the clothes are incidental; they just happen to be what the models were wearing at the time.
- The figures under the heading IEP relate to constituency office IT costs, stationery and incidental expenses.
- Usually it's the ‘living expenses’ and other incidental costs that throw budgets out of whack.
- That space came along as a necessary but incidental accompaniment of the two arches.
- For most the countryside is simply background, incidental.
Synonyms less important, of less importance, secondary, subsidiary, subordinate, ancillary, auxiliary - 1.1 Occurring by chance in connection with something else.
偶然发生的 the incidental catch of dolphins in the pursuit of tuna 捕捉金枪鱼时偶尔捕到的海豚。 Example sentencesExamples - When the wasp attacks the larval butterfly, it drives the ants to attack each other, turning them into incidental casualties.
- The aim is to reduce the incidental catch of gamefish like marlin while allowing stocks of swordfish, oceanic sharks and tuna to replenish themselves.
- They are not meat eaters, and any insects they swallow are accidental or incidental.
- The small and incidental commercial catch is marketed as ‘perch’.
- Precision comes from being able to strike the desired target while avoiding incidental casualties or unwanted damage.
Synonyms chance, by chance, accidental, by accident, random, casual, fortuitous, serendipitous, adventitious, coincidental, unlooked-for
2incidental topredicative Liable to happen as a consequence of (an activity) 易发生的 the ordinary risks incidental to a fireman's job 从事消防工作易发生的常见险情。 Example sentencesExamples - There was no fireman's rule in English law requiring firemen to accept the ordinary risks incidental to fighting a fire, having claims only in respect of unusual or extraordinary risks.
- For instance, a charity has to refrain from political advocacy, unless such lobbying activity is merely incidental to the charitable purpose.
- Achieving this designation in public policy requires identifying opportunities both as a specific agenda and as incidental to other APA activities.
- Thus, for example, activities initially incidental to the main of an area of land may grow in scale to a point where they convert the single use to a composite use and produce a material change of use of the whole.
Synonyms connected with, related to, associated with, accompanying, attending, attendant on, concomitant to
nounˌinsəˈden(t)lˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l usually incidentalsAn incidental detail, expense, event, etc. 杂项；杂费；附带事件 an allowance to cover meals, taxis, and other incidentals 支付餐费，出租车费和其他杂费的津贴。 Example sentencesExamples - The Defence Travel Card is a corporate credit card used to pay for business travel expenses including accommodation, meals, incidentals and surface travel.
- Meals, recreational activities, and incidentals are out-of-pocket expenses.
- Tuition, books, first and last month's rent and other incidentals can easily have us spending $4,000 before the term even begins.
- These organisations are also entitled to what the government calls a top-up-grant which, in effect, is intended to cover rises in staff salaries and other incidentals.
- In 2002, tuition fees before incidentals in this same program stand at $2,015, an increase of 145 per cent over 10 years.
Synonyms extras, contingencies, odds and ends
OriginEarly 17th century: originally from medieval Latin incidentalis, from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’ (from the verb incidere). |