collateral en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- (“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“side”). By surface analysis, col- + lateral.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:
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(not-comparable) Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
Yet the attempt may give / Collateral interest to this homely tale.
1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion:
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(not-comparable) Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
That he [Atterbury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, […] is true.
1878, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Francis Atterbury”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition:Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
collateral damage
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(not-comparable, qualifier:genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
a collateral descendant
The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).
1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 5:
- (not-comparable) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- (not-comparable) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
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(not-comparable) Coming or directed along the side.
collateral light
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:collateral pressure
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(not-comparable) Acting in an indirect way.
If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give […] To you in satisfaction.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
- (not-comparable, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
Deriveds
collateral circulation · medial collateral ligament · collaterally · collateral vein · pericollateral · collateral artery · bicollateral · collateral energy · collateral material · collateral form · collateralization · collaterality · collateral estoppel · transcollateral · collateral review · collateral security · collateralness · collateral vessel · collateral damage · collateral science · recollateralization
Relateds
Synonyms
subordinate · tangential · ancillary
Translations (69)
el έμμεσος (of an indirect family relationship) · de Bei- (corresponding, accompanying) · nl bijkomstig (aside from the main subject, target) · fi sivusukua oleva (of an indirect family relationship) · fi rinnakkainen (parallel, along the same vein) · de Bei- (aside from the main subject, target) · nl collateraal (corresponding, accompanying) · hu mellékes (aside from the main subject, target) · ko 평행의 (parallel, along the same vein) · fr collatéral (of an indirect family relationship) · pt colateral (aside from the main subject, target) · de entfernt (of an indirect family relationship) · el συμπληρωματικός (corresponding, accompanying) · hu szomszédos (parallel, along the same vein) · hu járulékos (aside from the main subject, target) · cmn 旁系的 (parallel, along the same vein) · ru боково́й (of an indirect family relationship) · gv co-cheimnagh (aside from the main subject, target) · ru побо́чный (parallel, along the same vein) · ja 傍系縁者の (of an indirect family relationship) · nl neven- (corresponding, accompanying) · nl zijdelings (aside from the main subject, target) · nl zijdelings (verwant) (of an indirect family relationship) · nl neven- (parallel, along the same vein) · el παράπλευρος (aside from the main subject, target) · fr indirect (acting indirectly) · pt colateral (corresponding, accompanying) · sv oavsiktlig (aside from the main subject, target) · nl collateraal (parallel, along the same vein) · sv indirekt (aside from the main subject, target) · nl zekerheid (related to an obligation or security) · ru ко́свенный (aside from the main subject, target) · hu párhuzamos (parallel, along the same vein) · de weitläufig (of an indirect family relationship) · fr collatéral (aside from the main subject, target) · nl begeleidend (corresponding, accompanying) · ja 傍系親族の (of an indirect family relationship) · hu mellék- (aside from the main subject, target) · nl bij- (aside from the main subject, target) · fi rinnakkais- (parallel, along the same vein) · nl subsidiair (aside from the main subject, target) · fr collatéral (coming alongside) · cmn 旁系親屬 /旁系亲属 (of an indirect family relationship) · hu kiegészítő (aside from the main subject, target) · pt colateral (of an indirect family relationship) · hu kísérő (corresponding, accompanying) · ru побо́чный (aside from the main subject, target) · pt colateral (parallel, along the same vein) · nl neven- (aside from the main subject, target) · nl zijdelings (parallel, along the same vein) · id kolateral (parallel, along the same vein) · de begleitend (corresponding, accompanying) · nl hulp- (aside from the main subject, target) · ru боково́й (parallel, along the same vein) · hu al- (aside from the main subject, target) · de Neben- (corresponding, accompanying) · bg ко́свен (aside from the main subject, target) · hu oldalági (of an indirect family relationship) · de Begleit- (corresponding, accompanying) · ja 傍系の (parallel, along the same vein) · bg съпъ́тствуващ (corresponding, accompanying) · el παράλληλος (parallel, along the same vein) · de nebeneinanderliegend (parallel, along the same vein) · fr collatéral (parallel, along the same vein) · de benachbart (parallel, along the same vein) · ru сопу́тствующий (corresponding, accompanying) · bg у́спореден (parallel, along the same vein) · gv co-heuagh (parallel, along the same vein) · de hinzukommend (aside from the main subject, target)