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The definition of lateral is sideways.

(adjective)

An example of lateral is a change in job where you get different responsibilities but do not get promoted.

See lateral in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, at, from, on, or toward the side; sideways: lateral movement
articulated by partial blockage of the air passage with the tongue in such a way that breath escapes along one or both sides of the tongue
Bot. growing on the side of a stem or branch: a lateral bud

Origin: L lateralis < latus (gen. lateris), a side, prob. akin to latus, broad < IE *stlā-to- < base *stel-, to spread out > Arm lain, broad

noun

anything located, done, etc. to the side; lateral part, growth, branch, etc.
☆ Football a short pass parallel to the goal line or in a slightly backward direction
in full lateral pass
Mining a drift off to the side of and parallel to a main drift
Phonet. a lateral sound, as (l)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Football to pass (the ball) as a lateral ()

Related Forms:

laterally adverb

See lateral in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of, relating to, or situated at or on the side.
Of or constituting a change within an organization or a hierarchy to a position at a similar level, as in salary or responsibility, to the one being left: made a lateral move within the company.
Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a sound produced by breath passing along one or both sides of the tongue.

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