Word
corollary
Phoneticscorol·lary
US/ˈkɔɹəˌɫɛɹi/
UK/kəɹˈɒləɹi/
Definition
n. a direct result or consequence of something else. If one statement is true, its corollary is another idea that must also be true because of it.
n. a direct or natural consequence of an existing fact or proposition. Formal and countable.
Examples
“A drop in sales is a corollary of the price increase.”
“A necessary corollary of the reduced budget is a pause on all non-essential hiring for the next quarter.”
“Her paper argues that a decline in civic engagement is a dismal corollary of a public sphere dominated by polarizing commercial media.”
Examples
simple
“A drop in sales is a corollary of the price increase.”
contextual
“A necessary corollary of the reduced budget is a pause on all non-essential hiring for the next quarter.”
complex
“Her paper argues that a decline in civic engagement is a dismal corollary of a public sphere dominated by polarizing commercial media.”
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”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Domains
Scan code
englishreference.com/q/corollary