corollary means occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, corollary ranks #7,082 of 14,423 for Most Sublime Words.
corollary is pronounced /kɒˈɹɒləɹi/.
Why “corollary” is a great word
A proposition that follows with little or no proof from one already proven, or something that naturally follows or results from something else. From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium ("money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity; consequence, deduction"), from Latin corōlla ("small garland"), a diminutive of corōna ("crown, wreath"). Unlike an axiom, a self-evident starting point, or a cause, a direct producer, a corollary is the quiet, secondary bounty that emerges from a primary truth. It is the unearned windfall after a difficult proof, the cool shadow that appears when the sun passes behind a tree, or the inevitable echo that follows a clear shout—a small garland of certainty granted for work already done, reminding us that every solid conclusion secretly bears its own gentle, trailing yield.
Etymology
From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).
adj
- Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.“However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.”
- Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.
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.“Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.”
- A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.“We have proven that this set is finite and well ordered; as a corollary, we now know that there is an order-preserving map from it to the natural numbers.”
Words closest in meaning
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- consectary 85% match — That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible. vs corollary →
- axiom 83% match — A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved. vs corollary →
- postulate 82% match — Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption. vs corollary →
- scholium 82% match — A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary. vs corollary →
- gratuity 82% match — An additional payment given freely as thanks for service. vs corollary →
- theorem 82% match — A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas. vs corollary →
- sequitur 81% match — A logical conclusion or consequence of facts. vs corollary →
- dictum 80% match — An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm. vs corollary →