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věta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clause noun A group of words with its own subject and verb, forming part of a sentence (or occasionally standing as one).
  • movement noun An act of changing position or place, or the general fact of not being still.
  • proposition noun A suggestion or offer put forward for consideration, especially a business plan or deal.
  • sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
  • theorem noun A mathematical statement that has been formally proven true.

Senses

věta is used for these senses in English:

  • clause (grammar) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
  • movement (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  • proposition (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
  • sentence (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]
  • theorem (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
  • theorem (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true.

clause — full definition

  1. noun A group of words with its own subject and verb, forming part of a sentence (or occasionally standing as one).
  2. noun A distinct section of a contract, will, or other legal document, setting out a specific term.

movement — full definition

  1. noun An act of changing position or place, or the general fact of not being still.
  2. noun A group of people who share a set of aims and work together to bring about social, political or cultural change.
  3. noun A self-contained main section of a longer piece of music, such as a symphony or sonata.

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