Definition of lateral

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lat·er·al    (ltr-l) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. Of, relating to, or situated at or on the side.
2. Of or constituting a change within an organization or a hierarchy to a position at a similar level, as in salary or responsibility, to the one being left: made a lateral move within the company.
3. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a sound produced by breath passing along one or both sides of the tongue.

NOUN:

1. A lateral part, projection, passage, or appendage.
2. Football A lateral pass.
3. Linguistics A lateral sound, such as (l).

VERB:
Football lat·er·aled , also lat·er·alled lat·er·al·ing , lat·er·al·ling lat·er·als , lat·er·als
VERB:
intr.

To execute a lateral pass.

VERB:
tr.

To pass (the ball) sideways or backward.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin laterlis, from latus , later-, side

OTHER FORMS:
later·al·ly (Adverb)

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