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in theory

in theory prepositional phrase: theoretically.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Theoretically.
    • That sounds fine in theory, but will it work in practice?

in theory meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

in theory in Tamil

கொள்கை கோட்பாட்டில்

in theory in Malayalam

in principle, on paper, in the abstract
സെെദ്ധാന്തികമായി, താത്ത്വികമായി, തത്വത്തിൽ, സിദ്ധാന്തപരമായി, ഏട്ടിൽ, കടലാസ്സിൽ

Questions about in theory

What does in theory mean?
In theory means theoretically.
What is in theory in Tamil?
In theory in Tamil is கொள்கை கோட்பாட்டில். See In theory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in theory?
In theory is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in theory in the dictionary

  1. in the world
  2. in the worst way
  3. in the wrong
  4. in the wrong place at the wrong time
  5. in the zone
  6. in theory
  7. in there like swimwear
  8. in this connection
  9. in this day and age
  10. in this essay I will
  11. in thunder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in theory (page history and authors); in theory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in theory (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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