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THEORISE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

Example:

Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps

Synonyms:

conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "theorise" is one way to...):

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "theorise"):

construct; reconstruct; retrace (reassemble mentally)

develop; explicate; formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They theorise that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

theorisation (the production or use of theories)

theoriser (someone who theorizes (especially in science or art))

theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)

theory (a belief that can guide behavior)

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