Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To formulate theories or a theory; speculate.
- intransitive verb To propose a theory about.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form a theory or theories; form opinions solely by theory; speculate. Also spelled
theorise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
formulate theories , especially about some specific subject - verb to
speculate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb construct a theory about
- verb form or construct theories
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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Examples
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The only thing I can theorize is follow the money to some "leaders" pockets and that will give some clue as to the direction they give their followers.
Sound Politics: "Ample provision" is a function of both funding and expenses 2007
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Humanity loves to theorize, which is why we have all those scientific theories, which are really nothing more than practically useful conspiracy theories.
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Humanity loves to theorize, which is why we have all those scientific theories, which are really nothing more than practically useful conspiracy theories.
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No, the globalizers don't care, because they can sit in their ivory towers and "theorize" while we toil away.
Free Trade in Tech Labor, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"Faith-based" thinkers who "theorize" intelligent design because they can't explain it otherwise.
What are some irrational things that's intelligent, educated people believe in? Ann Althouse 2008
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It is easy to "theorize" about implementing new products.
Growing Revenue through Membership Packaging Tony Rossell 2007
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And if you work on manuscripts, it gets a bit harder to "theorize" the textual scholarship you do because you really look like a dinosaur to so many people!
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I don't "theorize" anything on this subject, since I'm not a physicist.
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Such professors "theorize" their undergraduates right out the door.
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'theorize' berlin is one of the most liberal and progressive cities in the world, and this has happened in what, ~20 years since the wall came down?
dailyword commented on the word theorize
Holmes says that it is a mistake to do this before having data on a case.
July 14, 2012