corollary
noun/kəˈrɒləri/
/ˈkɔːrəleri/
(formal or specialist) (plural corollaries)
- corollary (of/to something) a situation, an argument or a fact that is the natural and direct result of another one
- In rural areas, the corollary of increased car ownership has been a rapid decline in the provision of public transport.
Word Originlate 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’.Want to learn more?
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