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Meaning of protasis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈpɹɒtəsɪs/

Definitions

  1. The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced.
  2. A clause that expresses a contingent element in a conditional sentence.

Equivalents

Suomi ehtolause
Français protase
Polski poprzednik

Examples

“It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.”
“In "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "if this weather holds up" is the protasis, and "I will be coming" is the apodosis.”
“2005 B. P. Bairan: An Introduction to Syllogistic Logic Every conditional statement is made up of two component statements. The component statement that follows the "if" is called antecedent (or the "implicans" or — rarely — the "protasis"), and the component statement that follows the "then" is the "consequent"(or the "implicate" or — rarely — the "apodosis").”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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