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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lat•er•al /ˈlætərəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or related to the side;
located at, proceeding from, or directed to a side:a lateral pass in football. - relating to a new but equivalent or similar position, office, etc.:The company offered her a lateral move but not a promotion.
- Phonetics(of a speech sound) produced so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue:The sound (l) is a lateral sound in English.
n. [countable] - Sporta pass in football that is to the side, not forward.
- Phoneticsa lateral speech sound.
v. - Sport[no object] to throw a lateral in football.
lat•er•al•ly, adv. See -lat-2. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lat•er•al (lat′ər əl),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining 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.
- Phoneticsarticulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as l.
n. - a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- Mininga small drift off to the side of a principal one.
- Phoneticsa lateral speech sound.
- Sport[Football.]See lateral pass.
v.i. - Sport[Football.]to throw a lateral pass.
- to move laterally or sideways:migrating birds lateraling down into Cape May.
v.t. - Sport[Football.]to throw (the ball) in a lateral pass.
- Latin laterālis of the side, equivalent. to later- (stem of latus) side + -ālis -al1
- 1590–1600
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lateral /ˈlætərəl/ adj - of or relating to the side or sides: a lateral blow
n - a lateral object, part, passage, or movement
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin laterālis, from latus sideˈlaterally adv |