"theorize" meaning in All languages combined

See theorize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈθɪə.ɹaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθiː.ə.ɹaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθɪɹ.aɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθɪɹ.aɪz/ [General-American], /ˈθi.ə.ɹaɪz/ [General-American], /ˈθɪə.ɹɑɪz/ [General-Australian], /ˈθiː.ə.ɹɑɪz/ [General-Australian], /ˈθɪɹ.ɑɪz/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theorize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: theorizes [present, singular, third-person], theorizing [participle, present], theorized [participle, past], theorized [past]
Etymology: theory + -ize. First use appears c. 1599 in the text A pil to purge melancholie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|theory|-ize}} theory + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} theorize (third-person singular simple present theorizes, present participle theorizing, simple past and past participle theorized)
  1. (intransitive) To formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject. Tags: intransitive Translations (formulate theories): θεωρέω (theōréō) (Ancient Greek), teoritzar (Catalan), teorii (Esperanto), teoretisoida (Finnish), théoriser (French), teorizar (Galician), elméletbe foglal (Hungarian), teoriifar (Ido), spekular (Ido), teorizzare (Italian), teorizar (Portuguese), теоретизировать (teoretizirovatʹ) (Russian), teorizar (Spanish), teoretisera (Swedish), damcaniaethu (Welsh), damcanu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-theorize-en-verb-EqKXTHKk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'formulate theories': 93 7
  2. (intransitive) To speculate. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-theorize-en-verb-t-k6NVOB Disambiguation of Thinking: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: theorise [British] Derived forms: conspiracy theorize, mistheorize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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