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Definition: Bilaterally |
BilaterallyAdverb1. In a bilateral manner; "they worked out an agreement bilaterally". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Antonym: unilaterally (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bilaterally |
| English words defined with "bilaterally": Antimere ♦ bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical ♦ chiton, class Scaphopoda, coastal rein orchid, coat-of-mail shell ♦ family Sphaerocarpaceae ♦ Habenaria greenei ♦ inkblot test ♦ pentail, pen-tailed tree shrew, polyplacophore ♦ Rorschach, Rorschach test ♦ Scaphopoda, sea cradle, Sphaerocarpaceae. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bilaterally": authentication or signature ♦ bilaterally harmonized standards ♦ confessional procedure ♦ Hearing Loss, Central ♦ Official Development Assistance, OTC derivatives market ♦ Platyhelminths. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The regional lymph node areas are bilaterally palpated to detect any enlarged nodes. (references) | |
Children age 2 years or older with profound (> 90 dBHL) sensorineural hearing loss bilaterally and minimal speech perception under best aided conditions may be considered for cochlear implantation. (references) | ||
Indications in favor of an implant are a severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss bilaterally and open-set sentence recognition scores less than or equal to 30 percent under best aided conditions. (references) | ||
Business | Electricity is either traded bilaterally or in the markets organized by the Nordic power exchange. (references) | |
Economic History | Jamaica | Bilaterally, there are also agreements covering IPR protection. (references) |
Spain | Spain maintains economic and technical cooperation programs and cultural exchanges with Latin America, both bilaterally and within the EU. (references) | |
Estonia | In 1944 the U.S.S.R. granted Russia the trans-Narva and Petseri regions on Estonia's eastern frontier, which still remain contested bilaterally. (references) | |
Human Rights | Vietnam | The Government criticized any public statement on human rights issues by international nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) or by foreign governments as interference in its "internal affairs." The Government generally was willing to discuss human rights problems bilaterally with some other governments if such discussions took place under the rubric of "exchanges of ideas" rather than as "investigations." Several foreign governments held official talks during the year concerning human rights. (references) |
Political Economy | FINLAND | It has been a member of the IMF since 1948. Finland's development cooperation programs channel assistance via international organizations and bilaterally to a number of African, Asian, and Latin American countries. (references) |
Trade | Guatemala | During the last three years, Guatemala has signed, bilaterally or together with other Central American countries, free trade agreements with Chile, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mauritania | Wages and other benefits also may be negotiated bilaterally between employer and union and the results of such negotiations are filed with the Directorate of Labor. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bilaterally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bilaterally" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 44 | 51,500 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "bilaterally": bilaterally harmonized standards ♦ bilaterally symmetric ♦ bilaterally symmetrical. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bilaterally": bilaterally-negotiated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bilaterally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 双边 (Bilateral). (various references) | ||||||||||
Danish | bilateralt harmoniserede standarder (bilaterally harmonized standards), tosidigt harmoniserede standarder (bilaterally harmonized standards). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | bilateraal geharmoniseerde normen (bilaterally harmonized standards), hebben de vastbeslotenheid van hun Regeringen bevestigd om alle bepalingen van de Slotakte volledig, unilateraal, bilateraal en multialteraal, ten uitvoer te leggen (all the provisions of the Final Act, bilaterally and multilaterally, they reaffirmed the resolve of their Governments, to implement fully, unilaterally). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | kahdenkeskisesti harmonisoidut standardit (bilaterally harmonized standards). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | normes harmonisées bilatéralement (bilaterally harmonized standards), ils ont réaffirmé la volonté de leurs gouvernements de mettre en oeuvre pleinement toutes les dispositions de l'Acte final par une action unilatérale, bilatérale et multilatérale (bilaterally and multilaterally). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | bilaterale. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | διμερώς εναρμονισμένα πρότυπα (bilaterally harmonized standards). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | norme armonizzate a livello bilaterale (bilaterally harmonized standards), hanno riaffermato la determinazione dei loro Governi di applicare pienamente, unilateralmente, bilateralmente e multilateralmente, tutte le disposizioni dell'Atto Finale (all the provisions of the Final Act, bilaterally and multilaterally, they reaffirmed the resolve of their Governments, to implement fully, unilaterally). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 양측 으로. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilaterallybay reafirmaron la resolución de sus gobiernos de aplicar plenamente, unilateral, bilateral y multilateralmente, todas las disposiciones del Acta Final (all the provisions of the Final Act, bilaterally and multilaterally, they reaffirmed the resolve of their Governments, to implement fully, unilaterally), normas armonizadas bilateralmente (bilaterally harmonized standards). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Bilaterally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Balterley, Biatorella. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bilaterally" (pronounced bīla"terulē) |
| 7 | -l a" t er u l ē | multilaterally, unilaterally. |
| 5 | -t er u l ē | contradictorily, literally. |
| 4 | -er u l ē | agriculturally, architecturally, culturally, federally, generally, liberally, naturally, peripherally, procedurally, structurally, temporally, unnaturally, viscerally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, artfully, artificially, beneficially, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-l-l-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: alterably, bilateral, laterally, liberally, literally. | |
-3 letters: aerially, alliable, arillate, betrayal, blearily, labially, rateably, reliably, tillable, tribally. | |
-4 letters: alertly, allayer, areally, barilla, bilayer, braille, irately, labella, labiate, lateral, liberal, liberty, librate, literal, ratable, ratably, reality, tallier, tearily, triable. | |
-5 letters: abater, abelia, ablate, aerial, aerily, albeit, albite, alible, arable, artily, atrial, bailer, bailey, baiter, baller, ballet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-l-l-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: recallability. | |
+3 letters: crystallizable. | |
+4 letters: collaboratively, meroblastically, problematically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 6C 61 74 65 72 61 6C 6C 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. .-.. .- - . .-. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i l a t e r a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006C 0061 0074 0065 0072 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3675786786718467787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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