lateral

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
  2. adjective situated at or extending to the side; ; - Tennyson
  3. adjective lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laterālis (“belonging to the side”), from latus (“the side or flank”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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Synonyms

lateral pass

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