gezegde — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adage noun A short, well-known saying that expresses a general truth or piece of wisdom.
- predicate noun The part of a sentence that says something about the subject, containing the verb and anything that goes with it.
- proverb noun A short, well-known saying that expresses a piece of common wisdom or advice.
- saw noun A hand or power tool with a toothed or abrasive blade, used for cutting hard materials like wood or metal.
- saying noun A well-known short phrase that expresses a piece of wisdom or common belief; a proverb.
Senses
gezegde is used for these senses in English:
- adage An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
- old saw (idiomatic) A cliché, saying, or overused expression; especially a proverb or maxim.
- predicate (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- predicate (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- saw (archaic) A saying or proverb.
- saying A proverb or maxim.
predicate — full definition
- noun The part of a sentence that says something about the subject, containing the verb and anything that goes with it.
- verb To base something on a particular fact, idea or condition. Usually used as "predicated on".
- noun In logic and computing, an expression that takes one or more values and returns true or false.