corollary

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/kɒˈɹɒləɹi/
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/kɒˈɹɒləɹi/ · /ˈkɒɹələɹi/ · /ˈkɔɹəˌlɛɹi/ (US) · /kɔˈɹoʊˌlɛɹi/

Definition of corollary

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
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noun

  1. A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
  2. An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
    “Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.”
  3. A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.
    “We have proven that this set is finite and well ordered; as a corollary, we now know that there is an order-preserving map from it to the natural numbers.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.
    “However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.”
  2. (not-comparable, rare)Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).

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