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corollaries

The correct spelling is corollaries.

How to pronounce corollaries

noun

Say it like: Cor-oll-aree-s

The correct spelling is corollaries. Something given beyond what is actually due; something added or superfluous. For example: "Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront."

Usage Examples

Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.

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.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Something given beyond what is actually due; something added or superfluous.
  2. 2.Something which occurs a fortiori, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
  3. 3.A proposition which follows easily from the proof of another proposition.

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