theorize

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verb

1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds (Freq. 2)
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
• Syn: speculate, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise,
hypothecate, suppose
• Derivationally related forms:
supposition (for: suppose), supposal (for: suppose), hypothesis (for: hypothecate), hypothesis (for: hypothesize), conjecture (for: conjecture), theoriser (for: theorise), theorisation (for: theorise), theory (for: theorise), theorizer, theory, speculative (for: speculate), speculation (for: speculate), speculator (for: speculate)
• Hypernyms:
expect, anticipate
• Hyponyms:
reconstruct, construct, retrace, explicate, formulate, develop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They theorize that there was a traffic accident
2. construct a theory about
- Galileo theorized the motion of the stars
• Derivationally related forms:
theorization
• Hypernyms:
reason
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. form or construct theories
- he thinks and theorizes all day
• Derivationally related forms:
theorization
• Hypernyms:
reason
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  speculate, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose