noun
corollary
Corollary (noun) means something extra given on top of what is actually owed.
noun
1
Something extra given on top of what is actually owed.
2
Something that happens as a side effect of another action, with no extra effort needed to bring it about.
"Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront."
3
A statement that follows directly and easily once another statement has been proved.
"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."
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Etymology
It came into English from Middle English, itself from Late Latin corōllārium ("money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction"), from corōlla ("small garland"), a diminutive of corōna ("crown").
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What is the meaning of corollary?
"corollary" (noun) means something extra given on top of what is actually owed.
What are the different meanings of corollary?
"corollary" has 3 main meanings: 1. Something extra given on top of what is actually owed; 2. Something that happens as a side effect of another action, with no extra effort needed to bring it about; 3. A statement that follows directly and easily once another statement has been proved.
