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" (213 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
dorsaldowncurveedgeepenthetic vowelexplosivefastballflankedflankingflatflingflipforward passfrontglancingglideglossalglottalglottalizationgo crabwisego sideways
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gutturalhandedhardheaveheavyhighhurlincurveintonatedknuckleballlabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlaryngeallateralizelaxleeleewardlightlingualliquidloblowmake leewaymanner of articulationmany sidedmany-sidedmidmodificationmonophthongmonophthongalmorphophonememultilateralmutemutednarrownasalnasalizednext-besideocclusiveone sidedone-sided
Noun(1 words)
Related words (106)
openoutcurveoxytonepalatalpalatalizedparasitic vowelpasspeakpegpharyngealpharyngealizationpharyngealizedphonephonemephonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitchedplosive
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polyhedralposttonicprothetic vowelputquadrilateralretroflexroundedscrewballsegmental phonemesemivowelserveserviceshot putshot-putshysidedsidelingsideslipsidestepsidewardsidewardssidewaysidewayssidewisesidlesinkerskewskidskirtingsliderslingsoftsonantsonorityspeech soundspitballspitterstopstoppedstressedstrongsurdsyllabicsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletensetetrahedralthickthree-sidedthroatythrowtonaltonictosstransition soundtrihedraltrilateraltriphthongtriquetroustwangytwo sidedtwo-sidedunaccentedunilateralunroundedunstressedupcurveveervelarvocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoicedvoiced soundvoicelessvoiceless soundvoicingvowelvowellikeweakweatherwidewindward
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
5 entriesderived
124 entriesShowing 16 of 124 words.
has context
7 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- anshëm adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Arabic
2 entries- جَانِبِيّ adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- سَاكِن adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
Armenian
4 entries- կողմնական adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- կողմնային adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- կողմնային adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- կողքային adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
Bulgarian
1 entries- страничен adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Catalan
3 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateral adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- lateral adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
Czech
4 entries- boční adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- laterální adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- laterální adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- postranní adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Esperanto
1 entries- lateralo adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Finnish
4 entries- kylki adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- lateraalinen adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- lateraalinen adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- sivu adj (of or pertaining to the side)
French
2 entries- latéral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- latéral adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
Galician
3 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateral adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- lateral noun (sound produced through lateral pronunciation)
German
4 entries- Seiten adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateral adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- lateral adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
Greek
1 entries- έξω adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
Hungarian
4 entries- laterális adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- laterális adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- oldal adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- oldal adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
Ido
1 entries- laterala adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Irish
1 entries- cliathánach adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Italian
2 entries- laterale adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- laterale adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
Japanese
2 entries- 側面音 adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- 横 adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Korean
1 entries- 설측음 noun (sound produced through lateral pronunciation)
Navajo
1 entries- ałtsʼááyol adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
Persian
2 entries- جانبی adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- کناری adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Polish
4 entries- boczny adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateralny adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- boczny noun (sound produced through lateral pronunciation)
- spółgłoska boczna noun (sound produced through lateral pronunciation)
Portuguese
2 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateral adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
Romanian
4 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateral adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- lateral adj (pertaining to certain sounds)
- consoană laterală noun (sound produced through lateral pronunciation)
Russian
4 entries- боково́й adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- боково́й adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- латера́льный adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- латера́льный adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- бочни adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- латералан adj (of or pertaining to the side)
Spanish
3 entries- lateral adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- lateral adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
- lateral noun (sound produced through lateral pronunciation)
Swedish
1 entries- lateral noun (sound produced through lateral pronunciation)
Tagalog
2 entries- panagiliran adj (of or pertaining to the side)
- panagiliran adj (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
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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