bilateral
US/baɪˈlætəɹəl/
bilateral adjective: having two sides.
Adjective
bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)
- Having two sides.
- General Wego W.K. Chiang, secretary general of the National Security Council, said that the visit of El Salvador Vice President Merino to Taipei on behalf of President Alfredo Cristiani was in response to an invitation of the ROC [Republic of China] Government which hopes to further strengthen...1989 June 21 [1989 June 20], “El Salvador's Vice President Visits Taiwan”, in Daily Report: China, numbers 81-118, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81, column 2
- Involving both sides equally.
- Binding on both of the two parties involved.
- Having bilateral symmetry.
- Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family (bilateral linearity).
Noun
bilateral (plural bilaterals)
- A meeting between two people or groups.
bilateral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bilateral in Hindi
- bilateral
- द्विपक्षीय dvipakṣīya
bilateral in Tamil
- இருபக்க, இருதரப்பு, இருபுற, இருபக்கமான, இருபக்கமுள்ள, ஈரிடையான
bilateral in Marathi
- द्वैपाक्षिक, द्विपक्षी, द्वीपक्षीय
bilateral in Urdu
- دوجانبہ, دوطرفہ
More languagesFewer languages
- bilateral in Bengali
- দ্বিপাক্ষিক
- bilateral in Telugu
- ద్వైపాక్షిక, ద్వైపాక్షికం
- bilateral in Malayalam
- ഉഭയകക്ഷി
- bilateral in Kannada
- ಇಬ್ಬರ ನಡುವಿನ, ದ್ವಿಪಕ್ಷೀಯ
- bilateral in Punjabi
- ਦੁਵੱਲੇ, ਦੁਵੱਲੀ
- bilateral in Gujarati
- દ્વિપક્ષી, દ્વીપક્ષીય
- bilateral in Odia
- ଦ୍ୱିପକ୍ଷୀଯ଼, ଦ୍ୱିପାକ୍ଷିକ
- bilateral in Nepali
- द्वैपाक्षिक, द्वीपक्षीय, द्विपक्षीय
- bilateral in Arabic
- ثُنَائِيّ ṯunāʔiyy
Examples of bilateral in a sentence
- Only by bilateral descent is a boy related to his mother's grandfather.
- BILATERAL (or “bilat,” for short): Private meetings between leaders of one country and another.
- All patients had bilateral blepharoptosis, limited supraduction, and essentially complete ophthalmoplegia.
Forms of bilateral
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bilateral |
| superlative | most bilateral |
| Noun | |
| plural | bilaterals |
Origin of bilateral
From bi- + lateral.
Words formed from bilateral
Phrases with bilateral
Words that rhyme with bilateral
- collateral
- lateral
- equilateral
- multilateral
- unilateral
- longilateral
- quadrilateral
- trilateral
- acousticolateral
- ambilateral
- anterolateral
- apicolateral
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- axiolateral
- basilateral
- basolateral
- caudolateral
- centrolateral
- contralateral
- costolateral
- counterlateral
- craniolateral
- dextrolateral
- distolateral
- dorsolateral
- ectolateral
- frontolateral
- hemilateral
- heterolateral
- homolateral
- inferolateral
- ipsilateral
- isolateral
- labiolateral
- laterolateral
- left lateral
- linguolateral
- matrilateral
- mediolateral
- mesiolateral
- mesolateral
- midlateral
- monolateral
- obliquolateral
- occipitolateral
- octavolateral
- octolateral
- omnilateral
- orbitolateral
- palmarolateral
- patrilateral
- plantolateral
- plurilateral
- polylateral
- posterolateral
- prolateral
- proximolateral
- retrolateral
- right lateral
- rostrolateral
- sacrolateral
Questions about bilateral
- What does bilateral mean?
- Bilateral means having two sides.
- What is bilateral in Hindi?
- Bilateral in Hindi is द्विपक्षीय (dvipakṣīya). See Bilateral meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bilateral?
- Bilateral can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce bilateral?
- Bilateral is pronounced /baɪˈlætəɹəl/ (US).
Words near bilateral in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bilateral (page history and authors); द्विपक्षीय (Hindi) (page history and authors); bilateral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bilateral (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bilateral (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bilateral (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bilateral (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bilateral (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bilateral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bilateral (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bilateral (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bilateral (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bilateral (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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