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corollary

noun
/kɒˈɹɒləɹi//ˈkɔɹəˌlɛɹi/US

Etymology

From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).

  1. derived from corōllārium

Definitions

  1. A gift beyond what is actually due

    A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.

  2. An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional…

    An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.

    • Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.

  3. A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

    • We have proven that this set is finite and well ordered; as a corollary, we now know that there is an order-preserving map from it to the natural numbers.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Occurring as a natural consequence or result

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

    2. Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA