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 both parties to an agreement
  • 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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  • 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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