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corollary

Pronunciation: /kəˈrɒləri/
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Definition of corollary

noun (plural corollaries)

  • a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.
  • a direct or natural consequence or result:the huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts

adjective

  • forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.
  • associated or supplementary:the court did not answer a corollary question

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin corollarium 'money paid for a garland or chaplet; gratuity' (in late Latin 'deduction'), from corolla, diminutive of corona 'wreath, crown, chaplet'

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