bilateral

Collocations

4

ADJ.

advanced, growing, important, most

VERB + BILATERAL

propose, receive, rise, sign, strained, trading

BILATERAL + NOUN

agreement, body, china, donor, lung, military, pneumonia, relations

PREP.

in

Definitions

adj

1

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 bilateral relations between the two countries.

2

Involving both sides equally.

3

Binding on both of the two parties involved.

4

Having bilateral symmetry.

5

Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family (bilateral linearity).

noun

1

A meeting between two people or groups.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having two sides or parts

two-sided

adjective — having identical parts on each side of an axis

isobilateral

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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 respons

Wiktionary

02

What will become of our close relations if the bilateral security treaty expires?

Tatoeba · #274108

03

Cephalopods are marine animals characterised by tentacles and bilateral body symmetry.

Tatoeba · #3154131

04

President Obama has made climate change a key issue in some of our most important bilateral relations, including China and India.

Tatoeba · #3651080

05

A bilateral salpingectomy, which is the surgical removal of both Fallopian tubes, will result in sterility.

Tatoeba · #3720354

06

The delegation of the United States would like to propose a bilateral solution.

Tatoeba · #3922811