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lateral

lat·er·al
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lat-er-uh l]
    • /ˈlæt ər əl/
    • /ˈlæt.rəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lat-er-uh l]
    • /ˈlæt ər əl/

Definitions of lateral word

  • adjective lateral of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view. 1
  • adjective lateral pertaining to or entailing a position, office, etc., that is different but equivalent or roughly equivalent in status, as distinguished from a promotion or demotion: a lateral move. 1
  • adjective lateral Phonetics. articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as l. 1
  • noun lateral a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot. 1
  • noun lateral Mining. a small drift off to the side of a principal one. 1
  • noun lateral Phonetics. a lateral speech sound. 1

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Origin of lateral

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Latin laterālis of the side, equivalent to later- (stem of latus) side + -ālis -al1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Lateral

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

lateral popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

lateral usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for lateral

adj lateral

  • oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
  • side — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
  • crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
  • edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
  • flanking — the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.

adjective lateral

  • on the side — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
  • cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
  • adjacent — If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
  • sideways — with a side foremost.
  • crossways — crosswise.

Antonyms for lateral

adj lateral

  • central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
  • centered — If an industry or event is centered in a place, it takes place to the greatest extent there.

adjective lateral

  • medial — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
  • centred — If an industry or event is centred in a place, it takes place to the greatest extent there.

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