theory
A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurateA description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
» It's difficult to understand his theory.
Seine Theorie ist schwer zu verstehen.
Es ist schwer, seine Theorie zu verstehen.
Сложно понять его теорию.
Его теорию трудно понять.
Складно зрозуміти його теорію.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Theorie
тео́рияteórija
тео́ріяteórija
(uncountable)The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
(countable, uncountable)A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
Knot theory classifies the mappings of a circle into 3-space.
Theorie
тео́рияteórija
(countable)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).
A theory is consistent if it has a model.
Theorie
тео́рияteórija
(countable, uncountable)The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
Near-synonym: joseki
(countable, informal, uncountable)A hypothesis or conjecture.
Theorie
тео́рияteórija, гипо́тезаgipóteza
тео́ріяteórija, гіпо́тезаhipóteza
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Mental conception; reflection, consideration.
- a belief that can guide behavior
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
Examples
575 sentencesIt's difficult to understand his theory.
Складно зрозуміти його теорію.
ruСложно понять его теорию.
deSeine Theorie ist schwer zu verstehen.
You said you had a theory.
Ви сказали, що маєте теорію.
ruВы сказали, что у вас есть теория.
Let me tell you my theory.
Дай-но я розповім тобі свою теорію.
ruПозволь, я поделюсь с тобой своей теорией.
Do you want to hear my theory?
Хочете почути мою теорію?
ruХочешь услышать мою теорию?
I can't find any holes in his theory.
Я не можу знайти дірок в його теорії.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French théorie, a learned borrowing from Late Latin theōria, borrowedBorrowed from Middle French théorie, a learned borrowing from Late Latin theōria, borrowed from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
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Forms
plural: theoriesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena:hypothesispossibility
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable