His job title change was considered a lateral move, possibly a demotion, and certainly not a promotion.
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Lateral
/ˈlæt.ə.ɹəl/
Synonyms for "lateral" (241 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (72)
epenthetic vowelexplosivefastballflankedflankingflatflingflipforward passfrontglancingglideglossalglottalglottalizationgo crabwisego sidewaysgutturalhandedhard
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heaveheavyhighhurlincurveintonatedknuckleballlabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlaryngeallateral passlateralizelaxleeleewardlightlingualliquidloblowmake leewaymanner of articulationmany sidedmany-sidedmidmodificationmonophthongmonophthongalmorphophonememultilateralmutemutednarrownasalnasalizednext-besideocclusiveone sidedone-sidedopen
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(2 words)
lateralednoncentral force direction
Verb(1 words)
Related words (120)
outcurveoxytonepalatalpalatalizedparasitic vowelpasspeakpegpharyngealpharyngealizationpharyngealizedphonephonemephonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitchedplosivepolyhedral
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posttonicprothetic vowelputquadrilateralretroflexroundedscrewballsegmental phonemesemivowelserveserviceshot putshot-putshysidesidedsidelingsidelongsideslipsidestepsidewardsidewardssidewaysidewayssidewisesidlesinkerskewskidskirtingsliderslingsoftsonantsonorityspeech soundspitballspitterstopstoppedstressedstrongsurdsyllabicsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletensetetrahedralthickthree-sidedthroatythrowtonaltonictosstransition soundtrihedraltrilateraltriphthongtriquetroustwangytwo sidedtwo-sidedunaccentedunilateralunroundedunstressedupcurveveervelarvocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoicedvoiced soundvoicelessvoiceless soundvoicingvowelvowellikeweakweatherwidewindward
Noun(11 words)
outeroutflankingperipheralroadsideshipsidesideside impactsidearm throwsideswipingsidewardunconventional
Adjective(2 words)
peripheral conceptsidelong
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriesMore specific
12 entriesbrainstormingcreative problem solvingdivergent thinkinglateral edgelateral epicondylelateral hornlateral linelateral malleoluslateral meniscuslateral partlateral surfacelateral ventricle
Collocations
11 entrieslateral edgelateral epicondylelateral hornlateral linelateral movementlateral partlateral rootlateral surfacelateral thinkinglateral ventriclelateral view
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 23 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- anshëm adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Armenian
1 entries- կողմնային adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Bulgarian
1 entries- страничен adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Catalan
1 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Czech
2 entries- boční adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- postranní adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Esperanto
1 entries- lateralo adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Finnish
2 entries- sivu- adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- sivuttainen adj (of or pertaining to the side)
French
1 entries- latéral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Galician
1 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
German
3 entries- Seiten- adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- seitlich adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Hungarian
3 entries- oldal- adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- oldalirányú adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- oldalsó adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Ido
1 entries- laterala adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Irish
1 entries- cliathánach adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Italian
1 entries- laterale adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Japanese
1 entries- 横 adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Persian
2 entries- جانبی adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- کناری adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Polish
2 entries- boczny adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateralny adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Portuguese
1 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Romanian
1 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Russian
2 entries- боково́й adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- латера́льный adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- бочни adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- латералан adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Spanish
1 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Tagalog
1 entries- panagiliran adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
After Tom was punched in the face, the doctor ordered that two x-ray images be taken – a frontal view and a lateral view – to check for broken facial bones.
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Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis while at Oxford.
Source: tatoeba (3958921)
The goal of the Ice Bucket Challenge was to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
Source: tatoeba (5370710)
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