"theory" meaning in Anglais

See theory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈθɪə.ɹi\, \ˈθɪə.ɹi\, ˈθɪ͡ɹ.i Audio: En-us-theory.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-theory.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-theory.wav Forms: theories [plural]
  1. Théorie.
    Sense id: fr-theory-en-noun-2fWgSb8f Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in theory, string theory Related terms: theoretical, theoretically

Inflected forms

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