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Antonyms for corollary

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kawr-uh-ler-ee, kor-; especially British, kuh-rol-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr əˌlɛr i, ˈkɒr-; especially British, kəˈrɒl ə ri

Definition of corollary

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Late Latin corollarium "a deduction, consequence," from Latin corollarium, originally "money paid for a garland," hence "gift, gratuity, something extra;" and in logic, "a proposition proved from another that has been proved." From corolla "small garland," diminutive of corona "crown" (see crown (n.)).
  • noun conclusion, deduction
Example sentences :
  • He could turn back; he must turn back; and as a corollary the Leopard Woman must turn back with him!
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I waited for the corollary, “and been loved in return,” but it did not come.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • The corollary is equally true: in order to eat it is necessary to pay.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • The love of liberty is the corollary of the right of consent to government.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • "The Doss-house" is at most the corollary of this revolution.
  • Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
  • We have here a corollary of the theory of evolution in its application to human life.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The corollary is that, in the course of a few years, there will be no Chinese in the Philippines.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • He added by way of corollary, "You should send to London for a detective."
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
  • For she had forgotten that a proposition is generally provided with a corollary.
  • Extract from : « The Doomsman » by Van Tassel Sutphen
  • The Captain acceded to my postulate, and accepted my friend as a corollary.
  • Extract from : « Pages From an Old Volume of Life » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Synonyms for corollary

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