noun Download 🔗Share A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve Examples : "The sergeant wore two chevrons on his sleeve, indicating his rank. " architecture military police sign style wear Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A wide inverted V placed on a shield. Examples : "The knight's shield featured a bold red chevron on a silver background. " heraldry military sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles. Examples : "The driver slowed down and increased the distance to the car in front of him, making sure to leave at least two chevrons visible on the road. " mark vehicle traffic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””. Examples : "In French, the dialogue is often enclosed in chevrons, like this: « Bonjour, comment allez-vous ? ». " grammar language writing mark sign linguistics word communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol. Examples : "The math problem used a chevron to indicate that we needed to find the value inside the angle brackets < >. " sign type writing math technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex. Examples : "The Czech teacher explained that the little roof-shaped mark above the "r" in her name, pronounced as a "zh" sound, is called a chevron. " mark language writing linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form or be formed into chevrons Examples : "The seamstress carefully chevroned the fabric to create a unique pattern on the quilt. " sign military architecture style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading