Dictionary of troublesome word. Bill Bryson. 2013.
unilateral, bilateral, multilateral — All are often unneeded, as here: Bilateral trade talks are to take place next week between Britain and Japan (Times). Trade talks between Britain and Japan could hardly be other than two sided. Delete bilateral … Dictionary of troublesome word
unilateral, bilateral, multilateral — All are often unneeded, as here: Bilateral trade talks are to take place next week between Britain and Japan (Times). Trade talks between Britain and Japan could hardly be other than two sided. Delete bilateral … Dictionary of troublesome word
Multilatéral — Côté Pour les articles homonymes, voir Côté (homonymie) … Wikipédia en Français
Unilatéral — Côté Pour les articles homonymes, voir Côté (homonymie) … Wikipédia en Français
Bilatéral — Côté Pour les articles homonymes, voir Côté (homonymie) … Wikipédia en Français
bilatéral — bilatéral, ale, aux [ bilateral, o ] adj. • 1804; de bi et latéral 1 ♦ Qui a deux côtés, qui se rapporte à deux côtés. Stationnement bilatéral, des deux côtés d une voie. 2 ♦ Qui a deux côtés symétriques. Zool. Animaux à symétrie bilatérale. ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
unilateral — , bilateral, multilateral are slightly numbing words and are often unneeded anyway, as in Bilateral trade talks are to take place next week between Britain and Japan. Trade talks between Britain and Japan could hardly be other than two sided.… … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
unilateral — u|ni|lat|e|ral [ˌju:nıˈlætərəl] adj formal a unilateral action or decision is done by only one of the groups involved in a situation →↑bilateral, multilateral ↑multilateral ▪ a unilateral declaration of independence unilateral disarmament (=when… … Dictionary of contemporary English
multilateral — mul|ti|lat|e|ral [ˌmʌltıˈlætərəl] adj involving several different countries or groups →↑bilateral, unilateral ↑unilateral ▪ a multilateral arms treaty … Dictionary of contemporary English
unilateral — adjective formal a unilateral action or decision is done by only one of the groups involved in a situation: a unilateral declaration of independence | unilateral disarmament (=the process of a country getting rid of its own nuclear weapons… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
