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Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Corollary has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a practical consequence that follows naturally

"blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love"

2

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

"After proving the original theorem, we immediately drew its corollary regarding the behavior of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions."

3

Something given beyond what is actually due; something added or superfluous.

"The manager insisted on a free dessert as a corollary to our reservation, even though the menu clearly stated that appetizers were complimentary only."

Adjective
1

Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.

"The company's decision to cut costs was followed by an immediate drop in employee morale, proving that the layoffs were merely a corollary of their new budget strategy."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
consequence inference
Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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