corollary
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corollary
- /kɒˈɹɒləɹi/
- /ˈkɒɹələɹi/
- /ˈkɔɹəˌlɛɹi/ US
- /kɔˈɹoʊˌlɛɹi/ Australia
Where it comes from
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”).
noun corollaries
- A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
- 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.
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A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.
Near-synonym: concomitant
Similar: concomitant
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A product or byproduct of an assertion following easily from another stated or proven assertion.
One could say artificial intelligence is a corollary of humans; it was made by humans, it was trained on human products, and it was made for humans.
Similar: concomitant
adjective
- Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential. However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order
- Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.
Translations
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noun proposition which follows easily
| Español | corolario |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 系 |
| हिन्दी | उपप्रमेय upapramey |
| Português | corolário |
| Français | corollaire, corolaire |
| Deutsch | Korollar, Folgesatz |
| Italiano | corollario |
| Ελληνικά | πόρισμα pórisma |
| Română | corolar |
| Русский | сле́дствие slédstvije |
| עברית | מַסְקָנָה maskaná |
Talk about this word "corollary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/corollary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. corollary. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/corollary "corollary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/corollary.Cite this
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title = {corollary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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