Meanings
nountheorem (plural theorems)
plural theorems
- mathematicsA 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.
Synonyms: lemma
- colloquialnonstandardmathematicsA mathematical statement that is expected to be true.
Fermat's Last Theorem was known thus long before it was proved in the 1990s.
- human sciencesA syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesis
verbtheorem (third-person singular simple present theorems, present participle theoreming, simple past and past participle theoremed)
present singular third person theorems · participle present theoreming · participle past theoremed · past theoremed
- transitiveTo formulate into a theorem.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
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nounA syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
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Aumann's agreement theoremBernoulli's theorembinomial theoremCarnot's theoremcentral limit theoremCeva's theoremCook-Levin theoremCook's theoremcosine theoremDe Morgan's theoremdouble angle theoremDvoretzky's theoremEggan's theoremEuclid's theoremexterior angle theoremextreme value theoremFermat's Last Theoremfirst isomorphism theoremFisher-Tippett-Gnedenko theoremFisher-Tippett theoremfundamental theoremfundamental theorem of algebrafundamental theorem of arithmeticGauss' theoremGleason's theoremGödel's incompleteness theoremGödel's theoremGreen's theoremHaag's theoremHales-Jewett theoremHindman's theoremHirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theoreminscribed angle theoremintercept theoremKelvin-Stokes theoremKnaster-Tarski theoremLagrange's theoremMenelaus' theoremMilliken-Taylor theoremNernst heat theorem
Origin
- Ancient Greekθεώρημα“speculation, proposition to be proved”
- Late Latintheōrēma
- Middle Frenchthéorème
- Englishtheorem
From Middle French théorème, from Late Latin theōrēma, from Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “to look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), from θέα (théa, “a view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “to see, look”). See also theory, and theater.
More words from Middle French, Late Latin, Ancient Greek
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Ancient Greek θεώρημα
- θεώρημα (theṓrēma)proved mathematical statement
Arabic مُبَرْهَنَة, مُبَرْهَنَة
- مُبَرْهَنَة (mubarhana)mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- مُبَرْهَنَة (mubarhana)proved mathematical statement
- نَظَرِيَّة (naẓariyya)proved mathematical statement
Bengali উপপাদ্য
- উপপাদ্য (upopaddo)proved mathematical statement
Bulgarian теорема, теоре́ма
- теорема (teorema)mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- теоре́ма (teoréma)proved mathematical statement
Catalan teorema
- teoremaproved mathematical statement
Chinese Mandarin 定理, 定理
- 定理 (dìnglǐ)mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- 定理 (dìnglǐ)proved mathematical statement
Czech teorém, teoréma
- teorémmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- teorémamathematical statement that is expected to be true
- větaproved mathematical statement
Danish teorem, læresætning
- teoremproved mathematical statement
- læresætningproved mathematical statement
Dutch vermoeden, theorema
- vermoedenmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- theoremaproved mathematical statement
- stellingproved mathematical statement
Esperanto teoremo
- teoremoproved mathematical statement
Estonian teoreem
- teoreemproved mathematical statement
Finnish olettamus, lause
- olettamusmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- lauseproved mathematical statement
- teoreemaproved mathematical statement
French théorème, théorème
- théorèmemathematical statement that is expected to be true
- théorèmeproved mathematical statement
German Theorem, Satz
- Theoremmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- Satzmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- Theoremproved mathematical statement
- Satzproved mathematical statement
- Lehrsatzproved mathematical statement
Greek θεώρημα, θεώρημα
- θεώρημα (theórima)mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- θεώρημα (theórima)proved mathematical statement
Hebrew מִשְׁפָּט, מִשְׁפָּט
- מִשְׁפָּט (mishpát)mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- מִשְׁפָּט (mishpát)proved mathematical statement
Hindi प्रमेय
- प्रमेय (pramey)proved mathematical statement
Hungarian tétel
- tételproved mathematical statement
Icelandic setning, kennisetning
- setningproved mathematical statement
- kennisetningproved mathematical statement
Indonesian teorema, teorema
- teoremamathematical statement that is expected to be true
- teoremaproved mathematical statement
Irish teoirim, teoirim
- teoirimmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- teoirimproved mathematical statement
Italian teorema
- teoremaproved mathematical statement
Japanese 定理, 定理
- 定理 (teiri)mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- 定理 (teiri)proved mathematical statement
Korean 정리, 정리
- 정리 (jeongni)mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- 정리 (jeongni)proved mathematical statement
Latin theōrēma
- theōrēmaproved mathematical statement
Latvian teorēma
- teorēmaproved mathematical statement
Lithuanian teorema
- teoremaproved mathematical statement
Malay teorem, teorem
- teoremmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- teoremproved mathematical statement
Norwegian Bokmål teorem, læresetning
- teoremmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- læresetningmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- teoremproved mathematical statement
- læresetningproved mathematical statement
Persian قضیه
- قضیه (qaziye, qaziyye)proved mathematical statement
Polish twierdzenie
- twierdzenieproved mathematical statement
Portuguese conjectura, teorema
- conjecturamathematical statement that is expected to be true
- teoremaproved mathematical statement
Romanian teoremă
- teoremăproved mathematical statement
Russian теоре́ма, теоре́ма
- теоре́ма (teoréma)mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- теоре́ма (teoréma)proved mathematical statement
Slovak teorém, veta
- teorémproved mathematical statement
- vetaproved mathematical statement
Spanish teoría, conjetura
- teoríamathematical statement that is expected to be true
- conjeturamathematical statement that is expected to be true
- suposiciónmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- especulaciónmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- teoremaproved mathematical statement
Swedish teorem, lärosats
- teoremproved mathematical statement
- lärosatsproved mathematical statement
- satsproved mathematical statement
Tagalog hunain
- hunainproved mathematical statement
Thai ทฤษฎีบท
- ทฤษฎีบท (trít-sà-dii-bòt)proved mathematical statement
Turkish teorem, teorem
- teoremmathematical statement that is expected to be true
- teoremproved mathematical statement
Ukrainian теоре́ма
- теоре́ма (teoréma)proved mathematical statement
Urdu قَضِیّہ
- قَضِیّہ (qaziyyā)proved mathematical statement
Vietnamese định lí
- định líproved mathematical statement
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APA
theorem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theorem
MLA
“theorem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theorem. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “theorem,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theorem.
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