occasionals
Sayuh-KAY-zhuh-nuhlz/əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəlz/
- 1Plural of occasional.
The furniture store grouped its occasionals near the front window.
Several occasionals were brought in to cover the holiday rush.
Note
A noun made by dropping the noun that followed an adjective: occasional staff become occasionals, and so do occasional tables. The setting decides which is meant. In a staffing office it means people who work only now and then. In a furniture showroom it means small pieces used as the occasion requires. When the context could leave a reader unsure, keep the head noun: occasional workers, occasional chairs.
occasionals is a form of occasional
occasional, noun: A person who does something only from time to time rather than regularly. Full entry
- Forms
- occasionaloccasionals plural
- Spelling
- occasional → occasionals: add -s
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