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incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəl] adj 1. happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous 2. (postpositive; foll by to) found in connection (with); related (to) 3. (postpositive; foll by upon) caused (by) 4. occasional or minor incidental expenses n
(often plural) an incidental or minor expense, event, or action incidentalness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
incidental adjective 1. secondary, subsidiary, subordinate, minor, occasional, ancillary, nonessential The playing of music proved to be incidental to the main business. secondary important, necessary, essential, vital, crucial 2. accompanying, related, attendant, contingent, contributory, concomitant At the bottom of the bill were various incidental expenses. Translations incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdentl] A. ADJ 1. (= related) [benefit] → adicional; [effect] → secundario the troubles incidental to any journey → las dificultades que conlleva cualquier viaje incidental expenses → gastos mpl imprevistos incidental music → música f de acompañamiento 2. (= secondary, minor) [details] → incidental, secundario but that is incidental to my purpose (frm) → pero eso queda al margen de mi propósito 3. (= accidental, fortuitous) → fortuito B. incidentals NPL (= expenses) → (gastos mpl) imprevistos mpl incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəl] adj (= minor) [detail] → d'importance secondaire to be incidental to (= be a relatively unimportant part of) → être accessoire à incidental adj dangers incidental to foreign travel (liter) → mit Auslandsreisen verbundene Gefahren (= unplanned) event → zufällig incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl] 1. adj (secondary) → secondario/a; (unplanned) → fortuito/a incidental to → connesso/a con incidental expenses → spese fpl accessorie 2. n (minor point) → punto di secondaria importanza incidentals npl (expenses) → spese fpl accessorie incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl] 1. adj (secondary) → secondario/a; (unplanned) → fortuito/a incidental to → connesso/a con incidental expenses → spese fpl accessorie 2. n (minor point) → punto di secondaria importanza incidentals npl (expenses) → spese fpl accessorie How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Heaven and hell may be the prime factors of zeal in the religion of a fanatic; but for the great majority of the religious, heaven and hell are incidental to right and wrong. Marrable secured the services of a respectable professional person to drill the young ladies and gentlemen, and to accept all the other responsibilities incidental to creating a dramatic world out of a domestic chaos. We know that the bitter drops, which even you have drained from the cup, are no incidental aggravations, no individual ills, but such as must mingle always and necessarily in the lot of every slave. |
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