Theorize
verb
To create a theory or to explain something with theories.
Scientists theorize that the extinction of dinosaurs was caused by a massive asteroid.
Often appears as...
- theorize about
- theorize on
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Academic
verb
To suggest a possible explanation based on evidence or knowledge.
Detectives are theorizing that the intruder entered the house through the basement.
Often appears as...
- theorize that
- theorize evidence
verb
To create a theory or to explain something with theories.
Scientists theorize that the extinction of dinosaurs was caused by a massive asteroid.
Often appears as...
- theorize about
- theorize on
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To suggest a possible explanation based on evidence or knowledge.
Detectives are theorizing that the intruder entered the house through the basement.
Often appears as...
- theorize that
- theorize evidence
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Tone
Used in scientific or scholarly discussion, not casual conversation.
Researchers theorize that this gene influences human behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Explaining Phenomena
Often used when discussing why or how something happens, particularly in nature or science.
Astronomers theorize how black holes form in space.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Conjecture
Common in expert analysis where proof is incomplete, but educated guesses are made.
Economists often theorize about market trends.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Tone
Used in scientific or scholarly discussion, not casual conversation.
Researchers theorize that this gene influences human behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Explaining Phenomena
Often used when discussing why or how something happens, particularly in nature or science.
Astronomers theorize how black holes form in space.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Conjecture
Common in expert analysis where proof is incomplete, but educated guesses are made.
Economists often theorize about market trends.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Tone
Used in scientific or scholarly discussion, not casual conversation.
Researchers theorize that this gene influences human behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Explaining Phenomena
Often used when discussing why or how something happens, particularly in nature or science.
Astronomers theorize how black holes form in space.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Conjecture
Common in expert analysis where proof is incomplete, but educated guesses are made.
Economists often theorize about market trends.
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Pterosaurs 101 PIPE...
The first pterosaur ever discovered was actually named for this characteristic. Pterodactyl is a combination of the Greek words for wing and finger. Each pterosaur wing consisted of a tough membrane laced with blood vessels, fibrous cords, and muscles, and it has been theorized that the muscles
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Hawking's black hole...
to the Information Paradox. Some have theorized that information actually is encoded in the escaping radiation, in some way we can’t yet understand. Others have suggested the paradox is just a misunderstanding of how general relativity and quantum field theory interact. Respectively,
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The lies our culture...
And to me, the weavers have found that language. My theory of social change is that society changes when a small group of people find a better way to live, and the rest of us copy them. And these weavers have found a better way to live. And you don't have to theorize about it.
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Why should you read "The...
meaning it theorizes about possible futures. This is a fundamental characteristic shared by both utopian and dystopian texts. The possible futures in Atwood's novels are usually negative, or dystopian, where the actions of a small group have destroyed society as we know it.
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Why do animals have such...
Researchers theorize that this also causes a slowing of the aging process. In this way, the environment shapes longevity. When it comes to size, it's often, but not always, the case that larger species have a longer lifespan than smaller ones.
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The surprising reason...
and causes a rise in body temperature. It also makes you sleepy, and you lose your appetite and thirst. But what's the point of all of these unpleasant symptoms? Well, we're not yet sure, but some theorize that they aid in recovery.
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Could we create dark...
But we know it's out there because we can observe its gravitational attraction on galaxies and other celestial objects. We've yet to directly observe dark matter, but scientists theorize that we may actually be able to create it
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Think like a changemaker...
world I chose mostly unknown change makers who are making in fact so to me he's a catalyst he beat the odds Sarah is ganyan theorizing Nash is passionate about preventive health care and girl child education now Sarah share
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Venus 101 PIPE National...
may have been just a few degrees cooler than Earth's are today. And scientists theorize that the surface may have contained shallow oceans that could have held enough water to support life.
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Explore cave paintings...
Human figures appear rarely, as well as occasional hand prints. Some have theorized that these artworks are the creation of hunters, or of holy men in trance-like states.
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Pterosaurs 101 PIPE...
The first pterosaur ever discovered was actually named for this characteristic. Pterodactyl is a combination of the Greek words for wing and finger. Each pterosaur wing consisted of a tough membrane laced with blood vessels, fibrous cords, and muscles, and it has been theorized that the muscles
Video examples
Hawking's black hole...
to the Information Paradox. Some have theorized that information actually is encoded in the escaping radiation, in some way we can’t yet understand. Others have suggested the paradox is just a misunderstanding of how general relativity and quantum field theory interact. Respectively,
Video examples
The lies our culture...
And to me, the weavers have found that language. My theory of social change is that society changes when a small group of people find a better way to live, and the rest of us copy them. And these weavers have found a better way to live. And you don't have to theorize about it.
Video examples
Why should you read "The...
meaning it theorizes about possible futures. This is a fundamental characteristic shared by both utopian and dystopian texts. The possible futures in Atwood's novels are usually negative, or dystopian, where the actions of a small group have destroyed society as we know it.
Video examples
Why do animals have such...
Researchers theorize that this also causes a slowing of the aging process. In this way, the environment shapes longevity. When it comes to size, it's often, but not always, the case that larger species have a longer lifespan than smaller ones.
Video examples
The surprising reason...
and causes a rise in body temperature. It also makes you sleepy, and you lose your appetite and thirst. But what's the point of all of these unpleasant symptoms? Well, we're not yet sure, but some theorize that they aid in recovery.
Video examples
Could we create dark...
But we know it's out there because we can observe its gravitational attraction on galaxies and other celestial objects. We've yet to directly observe dark matter, but scientists theorize that we may actually be able to create it
Video examples
Think like a changemaker...
world I chose mostly unknown change makers who are making in fact so to me he's a catalyst he beat the odds Sarah is ganyan theorizing Nash is passionate about preventive health care and girl child education now Sarah share
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Venus 101 PIPE National...
may have been just a few degrees cooler than Earth's are today. And scientists theorize that the surface may have contained shallow oceans that could have held enough water to support life.
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Explore cave paintings...
Human figures appear rarely, as well as occasional hand prints. Some have theorized that these artworks are the creation of hunters, or of holy men in trance-like states.
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Edgar Mitchell
American Astronaut
I theorize that there is a spectrum of consciousness available to human beings. At one end is material consciousness. At the other end is what we call 'field' consciousness, where a person is at one with the universe, perceiving the universe. Just by looking at our planet on the way back, I saw or felt a field consciousness state.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
Black holes provide theoreticians with an important theoretical laboratory to test ideas. Conditions within a black hole are so extreme, that by analyzing aspects of black holes we see space and time in an exotic environment, one that has shed important, and sometimes perplexing, new light on their fundamental nature.
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Muhammad Yunus
Economist
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.
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Derren Brown
English Entertainer
In recent years there's been a lot of philosophical theorising about how important magic is, and how it takes us back to a childlike state of astonishment. I think all this is just nonsense. Magic isn't meaningful or important other than how you're performing it in that moment.
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Fritz Zwicky
Swiss Scientist
I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.
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Peter Shaffer
English Playwright
Things rust, you know, like the heart. My cardiologist said, 'It's a pump; use it - that's the sole advice I've got to give you.' It's the same in playwriting. Don't theorise about it. Do it.
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Jill Clayburgh
American Actress
I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.
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Takeshi Kitano
Japanese Actor
The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
British Writer
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
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Edgar Mitchell
American Astronaut
I theorize that there is a spectrum of consciousness available to human beings. At one end is material consciousness. At the other end is what we call 'field' consciousness, where a person is at one with the universe, perceiving the universe. Just by looking at our planet on the way back, I saw or felt a field consciousness state.
Quote examples
Brian Greene
American Physicist
Black holes provide theoreticians with an important theoretical laboratory to test ideas. Conditions within a black hole are so extreme, that by analyzing aspects of black holes we see space and time in an exotic environment, one that has shed important, and sometimes perplexing, new light on their fundamental nature.
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Muhammad Yunus
Economist
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.
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Derren Brown
English Entertainer
In recent years there's been a lot of philosophical theorising about how important magic is, and how it takes us back to a childlike state of astonishment. I think all this is just nonsense. Magic isn't meaningful or important other than how you're performing it in that moment.
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Fritz Zwicky
Swiss Scientist
I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.
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Peter Shaffer
English Playwright
Things rust, you know, like the heart. My cardiologist said, 'It's a pump; use it - that's the sole advice I've got to give you.' It's the same in playwriting. Don't theorise about it. Do it.
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Jill Clayburgh
American Actress
I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.
Quote examples
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese Actor
The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
Quote examples
Arthur Conan Doyle
British Writer
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
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