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incidental definition

incidental


 
  Grep  of  noun  incidental 
  incidental 
  incidental  expense 
  incidental  music 
 
  Overview  of  noun  incidental 
 
  The  noun  incidental  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  incidental  expense,  incidental,  minor  expense  --  ((frequently  plural)  an  expense  not  budgeted  or  not  specified;  "he  requested  reimbursement  of  $7  for  incidental  expenses") 
  2.  incidental  --  (an  item  that  is  incidental) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  incidental 
 
  The  adj  incidental  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  incidental,  incident  --  ((sometimes  followed  by  `to')  minor  or  casual  or  subordinate  in  significance  or  nature  or  occurring  as  a  chance  concomitant  or  consequence;  "incidental  expenses";  "the  road  will  bring  other  incidental  advantages";  "extra  duties  incidental  to  the  job";  "labor  problems  incidental  to  a  rapid  expansion";  "confusion  incident  to  a  quick  change") 
  2.  accompanying,  attendant,  concomitant,  incidental,  incidental  to  --  (following  as  a  consequence;  "an  excessive  growth  of  bureaucracy,  with  related  problems";  "snags  incidental  to  the  changeover  in  management") 
  3.  incidental,  nonessential  --  (not  of  prime  or  central  importance;  "nonessential  to  the  integral  meanings  of  poetry"-  Pubs.MLA) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  incidental 
 
  3  senses  of  incidental 
 
  Sense  1 
  incidental  (vs.  basic),  incident 
 
  basic  (vs.  incidental) 
  =>  basal,  base 
  =>  elementary,  primary 
  =>  fundamental,  rudimentary,  underlying 
  =>  grassroots 
  =>  radical,  root 
 
  Sense  2 
  accompanying,  attendant,  concomitant,  incidental,  incidental  to(prenominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  related)  ->  unrelated 
 
  Sense  3 
  incidental,  nonessential 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inessential)  ->  essential 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  incidental 
 
  3  senses  of  incidental 
 
  Sense  1 
  incidental  (vs.  basic),  incident 
  =>  parenthetic,  parenthetical 
  =>  secondary 
  =>  side(postnominal),  by(postnominal),  bye(postnominal) 
  =>  peripheral 
 
  Sense  2 
  accompanying,  attendant,  concomitant,  incidental,  incidental  to(prenominal) 
  =>  related  (vs.  unrelated),  related  to 
 
  Sense  3 
  incidental,  nonessential 
  =>  inessential  (vs.  essential),  unessential 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  incidental 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  incidental 
 
  incidental  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  incidental 
  coincidental 
  incidental 
  incidental  to 
 
  Overview  of  noun  incidental 
 
  The  noun  incidental  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  incidental  expense,  incidental,  minor  expense  --  ((frequently  plural)  an  expense  not  budgeted  or  not  specified;  "he  requested  reimbursement  of  $7  for  incidental  expenses") 
  2.  incidental  --  (an  item  that  is  incidental) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  incidental 
 
  The  adj  incidental  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  incidental,  incident  --  ((sometimes  followed  by  `to')  minor  or  casual  or  subordinate  in  significance  or  nature  or  occurring  as  a  chance  concomitant  or  consequence;  "incidental  expenses";  "the  road  will  bring  other  incidental  advantages";  "extra  duties  incidental  to  the  job";  "labor  problems  incidental  to  a  rapid  expansion";  "confusion  incident  to  a  quick  change") 
  2.  accompanying,  attendant,  concomitant,  incidental,  incidental  to  --  (following  as  a  consequence;  "an  excessive  growth  of  bureaucracy,  with  related  problems";  "snags  incidental  to  the  changeover  in  management") 
  3.  incidental,  nonessential  --  (not  of  prime  or  central  importance;  "nonessential  to  the  integral  meanings  of  poetry"-  Pubs.MLA) 



incidental definition