Definition of theorize in English:

theorize

(British theorise)

verb ˈθɪərʌɪzˈθiəˌraɪz

[no object]

1Form a theory or theories about something.
作理论推定（或推测）
he theorized that the atolls marked the sites of vanished volcanoes
Example sentencesExamples
- Since the days of Rutherford, physicists and chemists have theorized that atoms of matter contain even smaller particles than electrons, protons, and neutrons.
- Reynolds theorized that all birds follow a few specific rules, such as trying to fly as close together as possible without colliding and trying to maintain the same speed and direction.
- Scientists have long theorized that retroviruses, which were used in the suspended experiments, could trigger cancer.
- He theorizes that human babies weren't meant to be born at forty weeks, but much later.
- Scientists theorize that methane rains from Titan's sky, creating surface methane or ethane lakes, which may give rise to clouds, similar to the water cycle on Earth.
- Some theorized that differences in development in the womb was a factor.
- Marx theorized that in the very act of selling one's labor, one is estranging oneself from oneself, as work ‘for another’ is not a natural or desired activity.
- It was also theorised that the remains of the seaport must have been washed away in floods during the 14th century.
- A few have theorized that Mallove, a scientist, was killed because he was a tireless champion of cold fusion, a controversial cheap and clean alternative energy source.
- I would rather hear someone's account of their experience rather than a load of theorising any day of the week.
- Before now, scientists merely theorized that dichlorine monoxide in the stratosphere played a key role in destroying ozone.
- Political scientists have theorized that a better-educated citizenry would be a more involved one.
- A bunch of scientists are now theorizing that SARS might have arrived on Earth from another planet.
- I read an article by an Arab intellectual where he theorized that one of the Middle East's problems was that the governments controlled the main revenue source.
- Einstein theorized that electrons are ejected by photons.
- Walker theorizes that society's traditional sex roles may further contribute to a victim's belief that she cannot leave the violent relationship.
- He theorized the locals were too scared to stop the insurgents or to turn them in to the Americans.
- As other women began to disappear around Washington and Oregon, Keppel theorized one man was responsible.
- The philosopher Heidegger theorized that the primary way that we experience the world isn't through our vision, or our hearing, or any other sense perception.
- Albert Einstein theorized that the speed of gravity was around the speed of light, but no one proved it until now.
- The scientists had long theorized that dolphins possess the intelligence of an average human teenager and their suspicions were confirmed in this study.
Synonyms
speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, take as a hypothesis, postulate, form/formulate a theory, propose, posit, surmise, suppose, guess
philosophize
rare hypothecate
1. 1.1with object Create a theoretical premise or framework for.
  使理论化；从理论上说明
  the classic model of war in the modern era was theorized by the Prussian general and strategist Karl von Clausewitz
  Example sentencesExamples
  The language of privacy, and sketching out zones of privacy, many would argue, is our best shot at legally theorizing women's sexuality.
  This event is theorized to have created enormous amounts of dust, which blocked out the sun, possibly for years, and led to the extinction of 75 percent of all living species.
  In this trajectory, she presents this set of essays as yet another ground upon which feminism was and is being theorised in India.
  Bromley and Kenyon theorize a situation in which our sun and another star passed a relatively close 14 billion to 19 billion miles from each other just a few hundred million years after the solar system started to form.
  What makes Warman's thesis unsettling is its similarity to those of American right-wing tax protesters who have theorized the illegality of income tax since the 1950s.
  Music and dance held fast to religion and tradition because both were intensely theorised and held up by a remarkably well-preserved and staunch public.
  And most fiction writers that theorize a great catastrophe or attack like this, will often say, ‘More people will die in the evacuation than in the actual attack.’
  While one framework does not undermine the other, I argue that this ecological model allows us to more fully theorize rhetoric as a public creation.
  Providing an interpretive framework to examine men's postdivorce responses, Connell theorizes the existence of multiple masculinities and emphasizes the need to examine the interplay among them.
  And furthermore, what is the purpose of theorizing a distinction between the thought that goes into creation and the thought about that thought?
  Rather, common codes are theorized to serve as the medium for both perception and action.
  It's vainglory and ambition for its own sake; it's hazily theorizing solutions rather than rolling up your sleeves and doing something.
  Thinking back to those days, Searle speaks frankly about her frustrating search for role models and texts to help her theorize ideas that were perhaps not yet clearly articulated, but present in embryonic form.
  Gabler does get to discuss how new technologies are creating new spheres of entertainment and forms of experience and in general describes rather than theorizes the trends he is engaging.
  He was also little disposed to theorize the process whereby, in a given society, groups compete over the control and employment of the political machinery.
  The more the new programs affirm and theorize the student's activity and his working relationship with the teacher, the more they are designed as if the student were merely passive.
  If we theorize culture without considering the dynamics of fear or emotions, we naively underestimate the potential for social change.
  Bulimia Nervosa is theorized to be a self-imposed punishment for something that the person blames themselves for, or a dysfunctional reaction to some unpleasant events in their life.
  Instead, we must theorise the universal values inherent in urban dwelling places and argue that specific places we wish to save exemplify those values.
  Voltaire helped us laugh and question, and Rousseau theorized the social contract our societies are based on.

Derivatives

theorization

nounθɪərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

This abstract theorization of industrialization and regional growth, however, ignores historical specificity and institutional rigidities that continue to exert strong effects in the case of China.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although this article has examined two specific geographic preconditions of economic globalization, there must be other such geographic preconditions of globalization worthy of further theorization.
- French Marxist Louis Althusser developed a fruitful theorization of the presence of ideology in society - a line of inquiry that film theorists especially were quick to adopt for their own.
- This will likely lead to theorizations of multiculturalism that are more minority-oriented than the ones discussed above.
- The brief comments that follow attempt to outline the main arguments and contexts of these theorizations and to note some limitations which, in my view, restrict their usefulness.
- A significant criticism, however, of all current accounting history, both traditional and new, would be its relative lack of reciprocal success to date in penetrating the core of modern organizational theorization.

theorizer

noun

And the biggest problem of all is that we humans are incorrigible theorizers.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Grimms themselves collected, theorized, and maintained connections with other theorizers, thus ensuring the widespread dissemination of evidence and paradigm.
- Those who produced conceptual art were easily interpretable as the true guardians of the postmodernist theorizer's faith.
- Theory and the human theorizer are allowed to play a role.
- Like many Freudian theorizers, Oliver has little time for proof of his theories.

Definition of theorize in US English:

theorize

(British theorise)

verbˈTHēəˌrīzˈθiəˌraɪz

[no object]

1Form a theory or set of theories about something.
作理论推定（或推测）
he theorized that the atolls marked the sites of vanished volcanoes
Example sentencesExamples
- Since the days of Rutherford, physicists and chemists have theorized that atoms of matter contain even smaller particles than electrons, protons, and neutrons.
- A few have theorized that Mallove, a scientist, was killed because he was a tireless champion of cold fusion, a controversial cheap and clean alternative energy source.
- Some theorized that differences in development in the womb was a factor.
- I read an article by an Arab intellectual where he theorized that one of the Middle East's problems was that the governments controlled the main revenue source.
- Scientists have long theorized that retroviruses, which were used in the suspended experiments, could trigger cancer.
- Marx theorized that in the very act of selling one's labor, one is estranging oneself from oneself, as work ‘for another’ is not a natural or desired activity.
- It was also theorised that the remains of the seaport must have been washed away in floods during the 14th century.
- The philosopher Heidegger theorized that the primary way that we experience the world isn't through our vision, or our hearing, or any other sense perception.
- I would rather hear someone's account of their experience rather than a load of theorising any day of the week.
- The scientists had long theorized that dolphins possess the intelligence of an average human teenager and their suspicions were confirmed in this study.
- Albert Einstein theorized that the speed of gravity was around the speed of light, but no one proved it until now.
- Walker theorizes that society's traditional sex roles may further contribute to a victim's belief that she cannot leave the violent relationship.
- Einstein theorized that electrons are ejected by photons.
- Political scientists have theorized that a better-educated citizenry would be a more involved one.
- He theorized the locals were too scared to stop the insurgents or to turn them in to the Americans.
- He theorizes that human babies weren't meant to be born at forty weeks, but much later.
- As other women began to disappear around Washington and Oregon, Keppel theorized one man was responsible.
- Before now, scientists merely theorized that dichlorine monoxide in the stratosphere played a key role in destroying ozone.
- A bunch of scientists are now theorizing that SARS might have arrived on Earth from another planet.
- Reynolds theorized that all birds follow a few specific rules, such as trying to fly as close together as possible without colliding and trying to maintain the same speed and direction.
- Scientists theorize that methane rains from Titan's sky, creating surface methane or ethane lakes, which may give rise to clouds, similar to the water cycle on Earth.
Synonyms
speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, take as a hypothesis, postulate, form a theory, formulate a theory, propose, posit, surmise, suppose, guess
1. 1.1with object Create a theoretical premise or framework for (something)
  使理论化；从理论上说明
  the classic model of war in the modern era was theorized by the Prussian general and strategist Karl von Clausewitz
  Example sentencesExamples
  This event is theorized to have created enormous amounts of dust, which blocked out the sun, possibly for years, and led to the extinction of 75 percent of all living species.
  While one framework does not undermine the other, I argue that this ecological model allows us to more fully theorize rhetoric as a public creation.
  It's vainglory and ambition for its own sake; it's hazily theorizing solutions rather than rolling up your sleeves and doing something.
  The language of privacy, and sketching out zones of privacy, many would argue, is our best shot at legally theorizing women's sexuality.
  If we theorize culture without considering the dynamics of fear or emotions, we naively underestimate the potential for social change.
  Music and dance held fast to religion and tradition because both were intensely theorised and held up by a remarkably well-preserved and staunch public.
  What makes Warman's thesis unsettling is its similarity to those of American right-wing tax protesters who have theorized the illegality of income tax since the 1950s.
  Instead, we must theorise the universal values inherent in urban dwelling places and argue that specific places we wish to save exemplify those values.
  Bulimia Nervosa is theorized to be a self-imposed punishment for something that the person blames themselves for, or a dysfunctional reaction to some unpleasant events in their life.
  Gabler does get to discuss how new technologies are creating new spheres of entertainment and forms of experience and in general describes rather than theorizes the trends he is engaging.
  Voltaire helped us laugh and question, and Rousseau theorized the social contract our societies are based on.
  Thinking back to those days, Searle speaks frankly about her frustrating search for role models and texts to help her theorize ideas that were perhaps not yet clearly articulated, but present in embryonic form.
  And most fiction writers that theorize a great catastrophe or attack like this, will often say, ‘More people will die in the evacuation than in the actual attack.’
  He was also little disposed to theorize the process whereby, in a given society, groups compete over the control and employment of the political machinery.
  The more the new programs affirm and theorize the student's activity and his working relationship with the teacher, the more they are designed as if the student were merely passive.
  And furthermore, what is the purpose of theorizing a distinction between the thought that goes into creation and the thought about that thought?
  Rather, common codes are theorized to serve as the medium for both perception and action.
  Providing an interpretive framework to examine men's postdivorce responses, Connell theorizes the existence of multiple masculinities and emphasizes the need to examine the interplay among them.
  Bromley and Kenyon theorize a situation in which our sun and another star passed a relatively close 14 billion to 19 billion miles from each other just a few hundred million years after the solar system started to form.
  In this trajectory, she presents this set of essays as yet another ground upon which feminism was and is being theorised in India.

单词	theorize
释义	Definition of theorize in English: theorize (British theorise) verb ˈθɪərʌɪzˈθiəˌraɪz [no object] 1Form a theory or theories about something. 作理论推定（或推测） he theorized that the atolls marked the sites of vanished volcanoes Example sentencesExamples Since the days of Rutherford, physicists and chemists have theorized that atoms of matter contain even smaller particles than electrons, protons, and neutrons. Reynolds theorized that all birds follow a few specific rules, such as trying to fly as close together as possible without colliding and trying to maintain the same speed and direction. Scientists have long theorized that retroviruses, which were used in the suspended experiments, could trigger cancer. He theorizes that human babies weren't meant to be born at forty weeks, but much later. Scientists theorize that methane rains from Titan's sky, creating surface methane or ethane lakes, which may give rise to clouds, similar to the water cycle on Earth. Some theorized that differences in development in the womb was a factor. Marx theorized that in the very act of selling one's labor, one is estranging oneself from oneself, as work ‘for another’ is not a natural or desired activity. It was also theorised that the remains of the seaport must have been washed away in floods during the 14th century. A few have theorized that Mallove, a scientist, was killed because he was a tireless champion of cold fusion, a controversial cheap and clean alternative energy source. I would rather hear someone's account of their experience rather than a load of theorising any day of the week. Before now, scientists merely theorized that dichlorine monoxide in the stratosphere played a key role in destroying ozone. Political scientists have theorized that a better-educated citizenry would be a more involved one. A bunch of scientists are now theorizing that SARS might have arrived on Earth from another planet. I read an article by an Arab intellectual where he theorized that one of the Middle East's problems was that the governments controlled the main revenue source. Einstein theorized that electrons are ejected by photons. Walker theorizes that society's traditional sex roles may further contribute to a victim's belief that she cannot leave the violent relationship. He theorized the locals were too scared to stop the insurgents or to turn them in to the Americans. As other women began to disappear around Washington and Oregon, Keppel theorized one man was responsible. The philosopher Heidegger theorized that the primary way that we experience the world isn't through our vision, or our hearing, or any other sense perception. Albert Einstein theorized that the speed of gravity was around the speed of light, but no one proved it until now. The scientists had long theorized that dolphins possess the intelligence of an average human teenager and their suspicions were confirmed in this study. Synonyms speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, take as a hypothesis, postulate, form/formulate a theory, propose, posit, surmise, suppose, guess philosophize rare hypothecate 1.1with object Create a theoretical premise or framework for. 使理论化；从理论上说明 the classic model of war in the modern era was theorized by the Prussian general and strategist Karl von Clausewitz Example sentencesExamples The language of privacy, and sketching out zones of privacy, many would argue, is our best shot at legally theorizing women's sexuality. This event is theorized to have created enormous amounts of dust, which blocked out the sun, possibly for years, and led to the extinction of 75 percent of all living species. In this trajectory, she presents this set of essays as yet another ground upon which feminism was and is being theorised in India. Bromley and Kenyon theorize a situation in which our sun and another star passed a relatively close 14 billion to 19 billion miles from each other just a few hundred million years after the solar system started to form. What makes Warman's thesis unsettling is its similarity to those of American right-wing tax protesters who have theorized the illegality of income tax since the 1950s. Music and dance held fast to religion and tradition because both were intensely theorised and held up by a remarkably well-preserved and staunch public. And most fiction writers that theorize a great catastrophe or attack like this, will often say, ‘More people will die in the evacuation than in the actual attack.’ While one framework does not undermine the other, I argue that this ecological model allows us to more fully theorize rhetoric as a public creation. Providing an interpretive framework to examine men's postdivorce responses, Connell theorizes the existence of multiple masculinities and emphasizes the need to examine the interplay among them. And furthermore, what is the purpose of theorizing a distinction between the thought that goes into creation and the thought about that thought? Rather, common codes are theorized to serve as the medium for both perception and action. It's vainglory and ambition for its own sake; it's hazily theorizing solutions rather than rolling up your sleeves and doing something. Thinking back to those days, Searle speaks frankly about her frustrating search for role models and texts to help her theorize ideas that were perhaps not yet clearly articulated, but present in embryonic form. Gabler does get to discuss how new technologies are creating new spheres of entertainment and forms of experience and in general describes rather than theorizes the trends he is engaging. He was also little disposed to theorize the process whereby, in a given society, groups compete over the control and employment of the political machinery. The more the new programs affirm and theorize the student's activity and his working relationship with the teacher, the more they are designed as if the student were merely passive. If we theorize culture without considering the dynamics of fear or emotions, we naively underestimate the potential for social change. Bulimia Nervosa is theorized to be a self-imposed punishment for something that the person blames themselves for, or a dysfunctional reaction to some unpleasant events in their life. Instead, we must theorise the universal values inherent in urban dwelling places and argue that specific places we wish to save exemplify those values. Voltaire helped us laugh and question, and Rousseau theorized the social contract our societies are based on. Derivatives theorization nounθɪərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n This abstract theorization of industrialization and regional growth, however, ignores historical specificity and institutional rigidities that continue to exert strong effects in the case of China. Example sentencesExamples Although this article has examined two specific geographic preconditions of economic globalization, there must be other such geographic preconditions of globalization worthy of further theorization. French Marxist Louis Althusser developed a fruitful theorization of the presence of ideology in society - a line of inquiry that film theorists especially were quick to adopt for their own. This will likely lead to theorizations of multiculturalism that are more minority-oriented than the ones discussed above. The brief comments that follow attempt to outline the main arguments and contexts of these theorizations and to note some limitations which, in my view, restrict their usefulness. A significant criticism, however, of all current accounting history, both traditional and new, would be its relative lack of reciprocal success to date in penetrating the core of modern organizational theorization. theorizer noun And the biggest problem of all is that we humans are incorrigible theorizers. Example sentencesExamples The Grimms themselves collected, theorized, and maintained connections with other theorizers, thus ensuring the widespread dissemination of evidence and paradigm. Those who produced conceptual art were easily interpretable as the true guardians of the postmodernist theorizer's faith. Theory and the human theorizer are allowed to play a role. Like many Freudian theorizers, Oliver has little time for proof of his theories. Definition of theorize in US English: theorize (British theorise) verbˈTHēəˌrīzˈθiəˌraɪz [no object] 1Form a theory or set of theories about something. 作理论推定（或推测） he theorized that the atolls marked the sites of vanished volcanoes Example sentencesExamples Since the days of Rutherford, physicists and chemists have theorized that atoms of matter contain even smaller particles than electrons, protons, and neutrons. A few have theorized that Mallove, a scientist, was killed because he was a tireless champion of cold fusion, a controversial cheap and clean alternative energy source. Some theorized that differences in development in the womb was a factor. I read an article by an Arab intellectual where he theorized that one of the Middle East's problems was that the governments controlled the main revenue source. Scientists have long theorized that retroviruses, which were used in the suspended experiments, could trigger cancer. Marx theorized that in the very act of selling one's labor, one is estranging oneself from oneself, as work ‘for another’ is not a natural or desired activity. It was also theorised that the remains of the seaport must have been washed away in floods during the 14th century. The philosopher Heidegger theorized that the primary way that we experience the world isn't through our vision, or our hearing, or any other sense perception. I would rather hear someone's account of their experience rather than a load of theorising any day of the week. The scientists had long theorized that dolphins possess the intelligence of an average human teenager and their suspicions were confirmed in this study. Albert Einstein theorized that the speed of gravity was around the speed of light, but no one proved it until now. Walker theorizes that society's traditional sex roles may further contribute to a victim's belief that she cannot leave the violent relationship. Einstein theorized that electrons are ejected by photons. Political scientists have theorized that a better-educated citizenry would be a more involved one. He theorized the locals were too scared to stop the insurgents or to turn them in to the Americans. He theorizes that human babies weren't meant to be born at forty weeks, but much later. As other women began to disappear around Washington and Oregon, Keppel theorized one man was responsible. Before now, scientists merely theorized that dichlorine monoxide in the stratosphere played a key role in destroying ozone. A bunch of scientists are now theorizing that SARS might have arrived on Earth from another planet. Reynolds theorized that all birds follow a few specific rules, such as trying to fly as close together as possible without colliding and trying to maintain the same speed and direction. Scientists theorize that methane rains from Titan's sky, creating surface methane or ethane lakes, which may give rise to clouds, similar to the water cycle on Earth. Synonyms speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, take as a hypothesis, postulate, form a theory, formulate a theory, propose, posit, surmise, suppose, guess 1.1with object Create a theoretical premise or framework for (something) 使理论化；从理论上说明 the classic model of war in the modern era was theorized by the Prussian general and strategist Karl von Clausewitz Example sentencesExamples This event is theorized to have created enormous amounts of dust, which blocked out the sun, possibly for years, and led to the extinction of 75 percent of all living species. While one framework does not undermine the other, I argue that this ecological model allows us to more fully theorize rhetoric as a public creation. It's vainglory and ambition for its own sake; it's hazily theorizing solutions rather than rolling up your sleeves and doing something. The language of privacy, and sketching out zones of privacy, many would argue, is our best shot at legally theorizing women's sexuality. If we theorize culture without considering the dynamics of fear or emotions, we naively underestimate the potential for social change. Music and dance held fast to religion and tradition because both were intensely theorised and held up by a remarkably well-preserved and staunch public. What makes Warman's thesis unsettling is its similarity to those of American right-wing tax protesters who have theorized the illegality of income tax since the 1950s. Instead, we must theorise the universal values inherent in urban dwelling places and argue that specific places we wish to save exemplify those values. Bulimia Nervosa is theorized to be a self-imposed punishment for something that the person blames themselves for, or a dysfunctional reaction to some unpleasant events in their life. Gabler does get to discuss how new technologies are creating new spheres of entertainment and forms of experience and in general describes rather than theorizes the trends he is engaging. Voltaire helped us laugh and question, and Rousseau theorized the social contract our societies are based on. Thinking back to those days, Searle speaks frankly about her frustrating search for role models and texts to help her theorize ideas that were perhaps not yet clearly articulated, but present in embryonic form. And most fiction writers that theorize a great catastrophe or attack like this, will often say, ‘More people will die in the evacuation than in the actual attack.’ He was also little disposed to theorize the process whereby, in a given society, groups compete over the control and employment of the political machinery. The more the new programs affirm and theorize the student's activity and his working relationship with the teacher, the more they are designed as if the student were merely passive. And furthermore, what is the purpose of theorizing a distinction between the thought that goes into creation and the thought about that thought? Rather, common codes are theorized to serve as the medium for both perception and action. Providing an interpretive framework to examine men's postdivorce responses, Connell theorizes the existence of multiple masculinities and emphasizes the need to examine the interplay among them. Bromley and Kenyon theorize a situation in which our sun and another star passed a relatively close 14 billion to 19 billion miles from each other just a few hundred million years after the solar system started to form. In this trajectory, she presents this set of essays as yet another ground upon which feminism was and is being theorised in India.
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