incidental
pronunciation
How to pronounce incidental in British English:
UK [ˌɪnsɪˈdentl]
How to pronounce incidental in American English:
US [ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl]
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- Noun:
- (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
- an item that is incidental
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- Adjective:
- (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
- following as a consequence
- not of prime or central importance
Word Origin
- incidental (adj.)
- "casual, occasional," 1610s, from Medieval Latin incidentalis, from incidens (see incident (n.)). Incidentals (n.) "'occasional' expenses, etc.," is attested by 1707.
Example
- 1. Justice is incidental to law and order .
- 2. Friends are only incidental to the principal purpose of our visit there .
- 3. He requested reimbursement of $ 7 for incidental expenses .
- 4. Effects of the incidental and intentional learning on vocabulary retention .
- 5. That chinese and indians are another two of the country 's big minorities is not incidental to mr harper 's current itinerary .