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lateral
[ lat-er-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side:
a lateral view.
- 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.
- Phonetics. articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as l.
noun
- a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- Mining. a small drift off to the side of a principal one.
- Phonetics. a lateral speech sound.
- Football. lateral pass.
verb (used without object)
- Football. to throw a lateral pass.
- to move laterally or sideways:
migrating birds lateraling down into Cape May.
verb (used with object)
- Football. to throw (the ball) in a lateral pass.
lateral
/ ˈæəə /
adjective
- of or relating to the side or sides
a lateral blow
- phonetics (of a speech sound like l ) pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the centre of the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides for the passage of the airstream
noun
- a lateral object, part, passage, or movement
- phonetics a lateral speech sound
- botany a branch, leaf, or bud that grows out from the side of a stem or trunk
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ··· adverb
- ···· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of lateral1
Example Sentences
“You would think she is not a freshman the way she plays defense — just her mentality, her tenacity, her length, her agility, her speed, her lateral movement,” Bueckers said.
The hiring pitch promised “many perks” of federal employment, including “excellent benefits, flexible work schedules, opportunities for professional growth, stability, and lateral movement across agencies.”
This part of the inquiry will also look at the purchase of ventilators to help patients breathe, as well as millions of lateral flow and PCR tests.
“Given that Plaintiff Morrison was walking in the lateral direction of the moving walkway while feeling rushed to get off the moving walkway, her gait instability would have been greater.”
According to her representative, the Grammy Award-winning artist passed away on Monday and while no cause of death was revealed, Flack had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, since her diagnosis in August 2022.
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