corollary
IPA: kˈɔrʌɫɛri
noun
- A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
- An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
- (mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the proof of another proposition.
adjective
- Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.
- (rare) Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.
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Examples of "corollary" in Sentences
- The scientists accidentally got corollary.
- Its smugness is a corollary of its vacuity.
- The third question forms a corollary to the second.
- The corollary assumes continuity on the whole interval.
- The blockade began the basis of the Roosevelt Corollary.
- The corollary of this is accepting the answer when given.
- That is the corollary of the desire for strong government.
- But the corollary of this is the performance hit you have to take.
- The inevitable corollary is that speed and spirit are at a discount.
- The corollary is what would the fallout be if another sector bubbled?
- Belief in predestination was the natural corollary of this commitment.
- It is not clarification of the postulate, it is a corollary of the postulate.
- If I claim your arguments are idiotic, then the corollary is that my arguments are intelligent.
- A corollary is to accept the fact that the region was more densely populated than formerly believed.
- That's fine but you realize the corollary is that they are also fine to hold whatever standard they want.
- Of course, the corollary is that you cannot seriously expect kids not to have sex until 25 – 28 when they finish a post-graduate degree.
- A corollary is that Democrats do best when turnout is highest -- that is, when relatively apathetic voters can be roused to go to the polls.
- An important corollary is that, properly measured, the higher a student's probability of dropping out or failing, the lower his return to education.
- A corollary is that the government is the best judge of how your money is to be spent and that if the government sees a better way of spending your money, it has a right and an obligation to doso.