DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
lateral thinking
/'lætərəl_'θɪŋkɪŋ/ · lætərəlθɪŋkɪŋ
Lateral thinking has 4 syllables: lat · er · al think · ing.
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noun. A heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on.
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