"theory" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθɪə.ɹi/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθiː.ə.ɹi/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθɪɹ.i/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθɪɚ.i/ [General-American], /ˈθi.ə.ɹi/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-theory.ogg [US] Forms: theories [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹi, -iːəɹi Etymology: From Middle French théorie, from Late Latin theōria, from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría, “contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked at”), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “I look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), from θέα (théa, “view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “I see, look”) [i. e. θέαν ὁράω (théan horáō, “see, look at a view; survey + genitive”)]. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|théorie}} Middle French théorie, {{der|en|LL.|theōria}} Late Latin theōria, {{der|en|grc|θεωρία|t=contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked at}} Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría, “contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked at”), {{m|grc|θεωρέω|t=I look at, view, consider, examine}} θεωρέω (theōréō, “I look at, view, consider, examine”), {{m|grc|θεωρός|t=spectator}} θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), {{m|grc|θέα|t=view}} θέα (théa, “view”), {{m|grc|ὁράω|t=I see, look}} ὁράω (horáō, “I see, look”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} theory (countable and uncountable, plural theories)
  1. A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-theory-en-noun-en:description
  2. (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-theory-en-noun-en:sciences Topics: sciences
  3. (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-theory-en-noun-en:principles
  4. (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (a field of study in mathematics): teoria [feminine] (Catalan), 理論 (Chinese Mandarin), 理论 (lǐlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 學說 (Chinese Mandarin), 学说 (xuéshuō) (Chinese Mandarin), teorie [feminine] (Czech), teori [common-gender] (Danish), theorie [feminine] (Dutch), teoria (Finnish), oppi (Finnish), théorie [feminine] (French), teoría [feminine] (Galician), Theorie [feminine] (German), θεωρία (theoría) [feminine] (Greek), सिद्धांत (siddhānt) [masculine] (Hindi), teori (Indonesian), teoiric [feminine] (Irish), teoria [feminine] (Italian), 定理 (teiri) (alt: ていり) (Japanese), 理論 (riron) (alt: りろん) (Japanese), 学説 (gakusetsu) (alt: がくせつ) (Japanese), теорија (teorija) [feminine] (Macedonian), teori (Malay), teorija (Maltese), онол (onol) (Mongolian), teori [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teori [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teoria [feminine] (Polish), teoria [feminine] (Portuguese), teorie (Romanian), тео́рия (teórija) [feminine] (Russian), тѐо̄рија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tèōrija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), teoría [feminine] (Spanish), teori [common-gender] (Swedish), huna (Tagalog), kuram (Turkish), nazariye (obsolecent) (Turkish), teori (Turkish), damcaniaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-theory-en-noun-en:mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a field of study in mathematics': 1 7 7 53 2 28 2
  5. A hypothesis or conjecture. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an unproven conjecture): نَظَرِيَّة (naẓariyya) [feminine] (Arabic), տեսություն (tesutʿyun) (Armenian), хипотеза (hipoteza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), teoria [feminine] (Catalan), 理論 (Chinese Mandarin), 理论 (lǐlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), teori [common-gender] (Danish), theorie [feminine] (Dutch), teoria (Finnish), théorie [feminine] (French), teoría [feminine] (Galician), Theorie [feminine] (German), θεωρία (theoría) [feminine] (Greek), नज़रिया (nazriyā) [masculine] (Hindi), teori (Indonesian), teoiric [feminine] (Irish), teoria [feminine] (Italian), 憶測 (okusoku) (alt: おくそく) (Japanese), 推測 (suisoku) (alt: すいそく) (Japanese), 推論 (suiron) (alt: すいろん) (Japanese), 見解 (kenkai) (alt: けんかい) (Japanese), теорија (teorija) [feminine] (Macedonian), teori (Malay), teorija [feminine] (Maltese), teori [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teori [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teoria [feminine] (Polish), teoria [feminine] (Portuguese), teorie [feminine] (Romanian), тео́рия (teórija) [feminine] (Russian), гипо́теза (gipóteza) [feminine] (Russian), beachd-smaoin [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), тѐо̄рија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tèōrija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), teoría [feminine] (Spanish), teori [common-gender] (Swedish), huna (Tagalog), ทฤษฎี (trít-sà-dii) (Thai), kuram (Turkish), nazariye (obsolecent) (Turkish), teori (Turkish), teor (Volapük), טעאָריע (teorye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-theory-en-noun-en:hypothesis Disambiguation of 'an unproven conjecture': 3 10 13 9 38 24 2
  6. (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables). Tags: countable Categories (topical): Logic Holonyms (in logic): formal system Meronyms (in logic): axioms Translations (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them): teoria [feminine] (Catalan), teorie [feminine] (Czech), theorie [feminine] (Dutch), teoria (Finnish), teoría [feminine] (Galician), Theorie [feminine] (German), teori (Indonesian), teoiric [feminine] (Irish), teoria [feminine] (Italian), 定理 (teiri) (alt: ていり) (Japanese), теорија (teorija) [feminine] (Macedonian), teori (Malay), teori [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teoria [feminine] (Polish), teoria [feminine] (Portuguese), teorii [plural] (Romanian), тео́рия (teórija) [feminine] (Russian), тѐо̄рија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tèōrija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), teoría [feminine] (Spanish), teori [common-gender] (Swedish), kuram (Turkish), teori (Turkish), damcaniaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-theory-en-noun-en:logic Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Moroccan Amazigh terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 14 13 20 1 47 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 12 21 15 1 45 3 Disambiguation of Moroccan Amazigh terms with redundant transliterations: 4 14 14 18 3 44 3 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'in logic': 0 11 0 14 0 76 0 Disambiguation of 'in logic': 0 11 0 14 0 76 0 Disambiguation of 'in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them': 1 13 5 7 1 73 1
  7. (obsolete) Mental conception; reflection, consideration. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-theory-en-noun-en:conception
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Related terms: theorem, theoretical, theorise, theorize, axiom, postulate, proposition Translations (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena): teori [feminine] (Albanian), نَظَرِيَّة (naẓariyya) [feminine] (Arabic), տեսություն (tesutʿyun) (Armenian), թեորիա (tʿeoria) (Armenian), nəzəriyyə (Azerbaijani), teoriya (Azerbaijani), тэо́рыя (teóryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), তত্ত্ব (totto) (Bengali), тео́рия (teórija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), သီအိုရီ (siuiri) (Burmese), teoria [feminine] (Catalan), 理論 (Chinese Mandarin), 理论 (lǐlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 學說 (Chinese Mandarin), 学说 (xuéshuō) (Chinese Mandarin), teorie [feminine] (Czech), teori [common-gender] (Danish), theorie [feminine] (Dutch), teorio (Esperanto), teooria (Estonian), teoria (Finnish), théorie [feminine] (French), teoría [feminine] (Galician), თეორია (teoria) (Georgian), Theorie [feminine] (German), θεωρία (theoría) [feminine] (Greek), teori (Haitian Creole), תּוֹרָה (torá) [feminine] (Hebrew), תֵּאוֹרְיָה (teórya) [feminine] (Hebrew), सिद्धांत (siddhānt) [masculine] (Hindi), नज़रिया (nazriyā) [masculine] (Hindi), तथ्य (tathya) [masculine] (Hindi), elmélet (Hungarian), kenning [feminine] (Icelandic), teorio (Ido), teori (Indonesian), teoiric [feminine] (Irish), teoria [feminine] (Italian), 理論 (riron) (alt: りろん) (Japanese), 学説 (gakusetsu) (alt: がくせつ) (Japanese), теория (teoriä) (Kazakh), ទ្រឹស្ដី (trɨhsdəy) (Khmer), 이론 (iron) (alt: 理論) (Korean), 리론 (riron) (alt: 理論) [North-Korea] (Korean), 학설 (hakseol) (alt: 學說) (Korean), теория (teoriya) (Kyrgyz), ທິດສະດີ (thit sa dī) (Lao), teorija [feminine] (Latvian), teorija [feminine] (Lithuanian), теорија (teorija) [feminine] (Macedonian), teori (Malay), സിദ്ധാന്തം (siddhāntaṁ) (Malayalam), teorija [feminine] (Maltese), ariā (Maori), онол (onol) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ⵜⵉⵥⵕⵉ (tiẓṛi) (Moroccan Amazigh), teori [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teori [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teoria [feminine] (Occitan), teöir [feminine] (Old Irish), teoiricecht (english: medical) [feminine] (Old Irish), نظريه (nazaryá) [feminine] (Pashto), تيوري (tyorí) [feminine] (Pashto), نظریه (nazariye) (Persian), تئوری (te'ori) (Persian), teoria [feminine] (Polish), teoria [feminine] (Portuguese), teorie [feminine] (Romanian), тео́рия (teórija) [feminine] (Russian), тѐо̄рија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tèōrija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), teória [feminine] (Slovak), teorija [feminine] (Slovene), teoría [feminine] (Spanish), teori [common-gender] (Swedish), huna (Tagalog), назария (nazariya) (Tajik), теория (teoriya) (Tajik), ทฤษฎี (trít-sà-dii) (Thai), kuram (Turkish), nazariye (obsolecent) (Turkish), teori (Turkish), teoriýa (Turkmen), тео́рія (teórija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), نظریہ (nazariyā) [feminine] (Urdu), نەزەرىيە (nezeriye) (Uyghur), nazariya (Uzbek), teoriya (Uzbek), lý thuyết (Vietnamese), lý luận (Vietnamese), học thuyết (Vietnamese), teorod (Volapük), damcaniaeth [feminine] (Welsh), טעאָריע (teorye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
Derived forms: AAK-theory, AAK theory, abrupt appearance theory, abstinence theory, abstract analytic number theory, acoustic theory, action theory, activity theory, additive number theory, Ahlfors theory, algebraic graph theory, algebraic K-theory, algebraic number theory, algorithmic information theory, algorithmic number theory, analytic number theory, antenna theory, aquatic ape theory, arbitrage pricing theory, AR theory, assemblage theory, atomic theory, attainable region theory, attribution theory, auction theory, Auslander-Reiten theory, auteur theory, autotheory, BCS theory, bifurcation theory, binary theory, bowwow theory, bow-wow theory, broken windows theory, broken window theory, burnt toast theory, cable theory, catastrophe theory, category theory, cell theory, chaos theory, character theory, Chern-Simons theory, choice theory, circuit theory, cobweb theory, cockroach theory, coding theory, coincidence theory, collision theory, communication accommodation theory, complexity theory, computability theory, computational complexity theory, computational number theory, computation theory, conspiracy theory, continuum theory, control theory, coorbit theory, cosmological perturbation theory, counterpart theory, countertheory, critical race theory, critical theory, crystal field theory, cultivation theory, cybertheory, dead internet theory, de Broglie-Bohm theory, Debye-Hückel theory, decision theory, ding-dong theory, divine command theory, DLVO theory, domain theory, domino theory, Donaldson-Thomas theory, Dow theory, dual-coding theory, dynamo theory, ecotheory, e-learning theory, emission theory, endosymbiotic theory, epitheory, ergodic theory, estimation theory, ethnotheory, evolutionary theory, extreme value theory, field theory, fish-hook theory, flypaper theory, Fredholm theory, fringe theory, Galois theory, game theory, gap theory, gauge theory, gender theory, germ theory of disease, giant impact theory, global workspace theory, grand theory, grand unification theory, grand unified theory, graph theory, greater fool theory, great man theory, great replacement theory, grounded theory, group theory, Heim theory, hemline theory, Hodge theory, homotopy theory, horseshoe theory, iceberg theory, information theory, intertheory, in theory, intratheory, invariant theory, ironic process theory, James-Lange theory, Kaluza-Klein theory, kinetic theory of gases, knot theory, K-theory, labor theory of value, labor-value theory, labor value theory, labour theory of value, labour value theory, labour-value theory, lattice theory, leg theory, lesbian dance theory, ligand field theory, literary theory, lunar theory, macrotheory, madman theory, measure theory, metatheory, microtheory, minitheory, mirror theory, molecular orbital theory, Morse theory, motor theory, M-theory, music theory, Nevanlinna theory, nontheory, novelty theory, nudge theory, number theory, operator theory, opponent-process theory, optimality theory, orange peel theory, Out of India theory, particle theory, pattern theory, Peccei-Quinn theory, perceptual control theory, percolation theory, perturbation theory, phlogiston theory, pooh-pooh theory, potential theory, probability theory, proof theory, prototype theory, psychotheory, quantity theory of money, quantum field theory, quantum information theory, quantum theory, quark theory, queer theory, queueing theory, r/K selection theory, Ramsey theory, rational choice theory, recursion theory, Regge theory, renewal theory, replacement theory, representation theory, rimland theory, ring theory, ruin theory, Sahara pump theory, sandwich theory, scheme theory, seduction theory, set theory, sieve theory, signal theory, situation theory, size theory, Skopos theory, social theory, spectral theory, spoon theory, standard theory, standpoint theory, steady state theory, stoned ape theory, stone tape theory, Strauss-Howe generational theory, string theory, Sturm-Liouville theory, subtheory, supposition theory, swollen assets theory, synthetic theory, systems theory, ta-ta theory, terrain theory, theoretic, theorist, theorycel, theorycraft, theoryhead, theoryism, theory-laden, theoryless, theory of abrupt appearance, theory of everything, theory of games, theory of gravity, theory of mind, theory of relativity, theory of truth, theory of value, Theory X, Theory Y, thing theory, toy theory, transcendental number theory, type theory, value theory, veneer theory, virtue theory, vortex theory, Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory, white replacement theory, X-bar theory, X′ theory, Yang-Mills theory, yo-heave-ho theory, yo-he-ho theory, Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, Zermelo set theory, zombie theory Disambiguation of 'a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena': 4 34 6 15 2 36 4

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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "theorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teooria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "théorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoría"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "teoria",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "თეორია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Theorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "theoría",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θεωρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "torá",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תּוֹרָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "teórya",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תֵּאוֹרְיָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "siddhānt",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सिद्धांत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nazriyā",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नज़रिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tathya",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तथ्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "elmélet"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kenning"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoiric"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teöir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "english": "medical",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoiricecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りろん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "riron",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "理論"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がくせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gakusetsu",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "学説"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "teoriä",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "теория"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "trɨhsdəy",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "ទ្រឹស្ដី"
    },
    {
      "alt": "理論",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "iron",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "이론"
    },
    {
      "alt": "理論",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "riron",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "리론"
    },
    {
      "alt": "學說",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hakseol",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "학설"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "teoriya",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "теория"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thit sa dī",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "ທິດສະດີ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "teorija",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "теорија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "siddhāntaṁ",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "സിദ്ധാന്തം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "ariā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "onol",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "онол"
    },
    {
      "code": "zgh",
      "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
      "roman": "tiẓṛi",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "ⵜⵉⵥⵕⵉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "nazaryá",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نظريه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "tyorí",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تيوري"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nazariye",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "نظریه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "te'ori",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "تئوری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "teórija",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тео́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тѐо̄рија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tèōrija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teória"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoría"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "huna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "nazariya",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "назария"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "teoriya",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "теория"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "trít-sà-dii",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "ทฤษฎี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "kuram"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "nazariye (obsolecent)"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teoriýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "teórija",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тео́рія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "nazariyā",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نظریہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "nezeriye",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "نەزەرىيە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "nazariya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teoriya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "lý thuyết"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "lý luận"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "học thuyết"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "word": "teorod"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "damcaniaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "teorye",
      "sense": "a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טעאָריע"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naẓariyya",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نَظَرِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tesutʿyun",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "տեսություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hipoteza",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хипотеза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "理論"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐlùn",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "理论"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "theorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "théorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoría"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Theorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "theoría",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θεωρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nazriyā",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नज़रिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoiric"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おくそく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okusoku",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "憶測"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すいそく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suisoku",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "推測"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すいろん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suiron",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "推論"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けんかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kenkai",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "見解"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "teorija",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "теорија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorija"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "teórija",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тео́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gipóteza",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гипо́теза"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beachd-smaoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тѐо̄рија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an unproven conjecture",
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      "word": "學說"
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      "roman": "xuéshuō",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "word": "学说"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "word": "oppi"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "théorie"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoría"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Theorie"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "word": "teori"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoiric"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていり",
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      "word": "定理"
    },
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      "alt": "りろん",
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      "word": "理論"
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      "alt": "がくせつ",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "teori"
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
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      "word": "teorie"
    },
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тео́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тѐо̄рија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tèōrija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoría"
    },
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "teori"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "word": "nazariye (obsolecent)"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "word": "teori"
    },
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      "sense": "a field of study in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorie"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "theorie"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "word": "teoria"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoría"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Theorie"
    },
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      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "word": "teori"
    },
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
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      "alt": "ていり",
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      "word": "定理"
    },
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      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
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    },
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      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "teorii"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тео́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тѐо̄рија"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tèōrija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teoría"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "word": "kuram"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "word": "teori"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "damcaniaeth"
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    "theory"
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}

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