Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or formed of two sides; two-sided.
- adjective Affecting or undertaken by two sides equally; binding on both parties.
- adjective Relating to the right and left sides of the body or of a body structure.
- adjective Having or marked by bilateral symmetry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having two sides; of or pertaining to two sides; two-sided.
- In botany, having the sides different.
- In biology, having the sides symmetrical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.
- adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having two
sides - adjective involving both sides
equally - adjective
binding on bothparties to anagreement - adjective having
bilateral symmetry - adjective anthropology involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having two sides or parts
- adjective affecting or undertaken by two parties
- adjective having identical parts on each side of an axis
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Examples
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The term "bilateral investment treaty" was brought up, but that's not exactly it.
Forging a Stronger U.S.-China Relationship: More Carrot Than Stick Andrew Browne 2011
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The term "bilateral investment treaty" was brought up, but that's not exactly it.
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But this supposition is not true, unless we use the term bilateral contract in its widest sense; but this would be a question about the meaning of words, and would not touch the point at issue.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The United States, however, has shown no enthusiasm for getting involved in what it calls a bilateral issue for Pakistan and India.
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The EU has so far preferred to stay out of the deepening row between Moscow and Kiev, saying it does not want to be an arbiter of what it calls a bilateral and commercial dispute.
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Compared to anemic economic ties during the 1950s and 1960s, today the United States is India's top trading partner with over $61 billion in bilateral trade.
Aparna Pande: Obama's Upcoming India Trip Aparna Pande 2010
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Compared to anemic economic ties during the 1950s and 1960s, today the United States is India's top trading partner with over $61 billion in bilateral trade.
Aparna Pande: Obama's Upcoming India Trip Aparna Pande 2010
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Compared to anemic economic ties during the 1950s and 1960s, today the United States is India's top trading partner with over $61 billion in bilateral trade.
Aparna Pande: Obama's Upcoming India Trip Aparna Pande 2010
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Current EU attempts to solve the sovereign debt problems in peripheral Europe involve a combination of fiscal austerity and short-term bilateral and multilateral loans to address perceived liquidity issues.
What Europe Can Learn From Latin America Robert Koenigsberger 2011
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Compared to anemic economic ties during the 1950s and 1960s, today the United States is India's top trading partner with over $61 billion in bilateral trade.
Aparna Pande: Obama's Upcoming India Trip Aparna Pande 2010
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