lateral
Adjective:
- Relating to the side: "Lateral" describes something positioned at, directed toward, or coming from the side of something, as opposed to the front, back, top, or bottom.
- Away from the midline: In anatomy and biology, "lateral" refers to a position farther from the median plane (the imaginary line dividing the body into left and right halves).
Noun:
- A sideways pass: In American and Canadian football, a "lateral" is a pass thrown sideways or backward to a teammate, as opposed to a forward pass.
Adjective: The building has a lateral entrance on the north side. The patient experienced pain in the lateral part of the knee. The tree's lateral roots spread widely to anchor it.
Noun: The quarterback threw a lateral to the running back to avoid a loss of yards. The play ended with a series of quick laterals as the team tried to score.
"Lateral thinking": A method of solving problems indirectly and creatively, by using reasoning that is not immediately obvious or traditional. We need some lateral thinking to overcome this marketing challenge.
"Lateral move": In a career context, a change to a different job at a similar level of responsibility and pay, rather than a promotion. She made a lateral move to the finance department to gain broader experience.
- Laterally (adverb): Toward, from, or in a side direction.
- Bilateral (adjective): Involving or relating to two sides.
- Unilateral (adjective): Performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a situation.
- Side (adjective/noun): Located at or on the side.
- Sideways (adjective/adverb): Directed to or from the side.
(Note: "Lateral" is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs. The related phrases are fixed expressions.)
- "Lateral thinking": As described in 'Advanced Usage', this is a common idiom referring to creative problem-solving.
- "Lateral pass": In sports, synonymous with the noun definition of a sideways or backward pass.
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lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
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lateral lemniscus
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situated at or extending to the side
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the lateral branches of a tree
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shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson
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a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
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