Theorize

Definition: Theorize

Theorize

Verb

1. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.".

Date "theorize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1887. (references)

Note: Theorize \The"o*rize\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Theorized; present participle verb or noun Theorizing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Theorize

Synonyms: conjecture (v), hypothecate (v), hypothesize (v), speculate (v), suppose (v), theorise (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attribution	Verb: attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.
Supposition	Verb: suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise, presuppose; assume, fancy, wis, take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted; imagine.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Theorize

English words defined with "theorize": -ize ♦ Theorized, Theorizing. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Feminists Theorize the Political (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Researchers theorize that stiff-person syndrome may be an autoimmune disorder. (references)
		Some researchers theorize that Peyronie's disease may be an autoimmune disorder. (references)
		Scientists theorize that defects in the gene may lessen or inhibit the normal output of its protein and allow the irregular cell growth that may lead to tumor development. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Theorize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 68.42% of the time. "Theorize" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	68.42%	13	97,576
Lexical Verb (base form)	31.58%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	19	N/A

Expression using "theorize": theorize that. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "theorize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		teorizoj. (various references)

Arabic		‏نظر (behold, consider, consideration, discernment, foresight, gaze, look, rumble, seeing, sight), ‏وضع نظرية في, ‏ألف نظريات كبيرة في, ‏أصدر أحكاما نظرية. (various references)

Bulgarian		теоретизирам. (various references)

Chinese		推理 (inferential, reasoning, theorise, Theorized, Theorizing). (various references)

Czech		teoretizovat. (various references)

Farsi		فرضیه ای بنیادنهادن , فرضیه بوجوداوردن , نگرشگری کردن , تحقیقات نظری کردن , استدلال نظری کردن . (various references)

French		théoriser, faire des théories, élaborer une théorie sur. (various references)

German		theorien aufstellen, theoretisieren. (various references)

Greek		σχηματίζω θεωρία, θεωρητικολογώ. (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"עלות תאורי�". (various references)

Hungarian		teoretizál, elméletbe foglal (to theorize). (various references)

Italian		teorizzare. (various references)

Manx		sheiltyn (conceive, conceiving, conjecture, fancy, guess, imagine, presume, speculate, suppose, supposing, visualize). (various references)

Pig Latin		eorizethay

Portuguese		teorizar. (various references)

Romanian		teoretiza. (various references)

Russian		теоретизировать (philosophize). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		teorisati, teoretisati. (various references)

Spanish		teorizar. (various references)

Swedish		teoretisera. (various references)

Turkish		kuramlaştırmak, farzetmek (assume, call, deem, fancy, imagine, opine, posit, presume, reckon as, reckon for, repute, say, suppose). (various references)

Ukranian		створювати теорії, теоретизувати. (various references)

Welsh		damcanu (speculate). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "theorize": theorized, theorizer, theorizers, theorizes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Theorize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: theorie. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "theorize" (pronounced thē"erī'z)
3	-er ī' z	accessorize, authorize, burglarize, categorize, characterize, colorize, computerize, containerize, demilitarize, denuclearize, depressurize, familiarize, glamorize, memorize, mesmerize, militarize, miniaturize, mischaracterize, motorize, pasteurize, plagiarize, polarize, polymerize, popularize, pressurize, pulverize, reauthorize, rubberize, samurais, satirize, summarize, temporize, terrorize, vaporize, winterize.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-o-r-t-z"
	-1 letter: erotize, heroize.
	-2 letters: either, hereto, heriot, hetero, zeroth, zither.
	-3 letters: ether, hertz, ither, other, retie, their, there, three, throe.
	-4 letters: heir, here, hero, hire, hoer, rete, riot, rite, ritz, rote, roti, thee, thio, thir, thro, tier, tire, tiro, tore, tori, tree, trio, zero, zori.
	-5 letters: ere, eth, her, het, hie, hit, hoe, hot, ire, ore.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-o-r-t-z"
	+1 letter: theorized, theorizer, theorizes.
	+2 letters: theorizers.
	+3 letters: reauthorize, rehypnotize, theologizer.
	+4 letters: etherization, reauthorized, reauthorizes, rehypnotized, rehypnotizes, theologizers.
	+5 letters: etherizations, heterozygosis, nephrectomize, rehospitalize, remythologize.
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