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theorise

theorise verb: to theorize (to formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject). Also the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theorize.

Verb

theorise (third-person singular simple present theorises, present participle theorising, simple past and past participle theorised)

  1. (intransitive) to theorize (to formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject)
    • In Physics of the Impossible, he theorises about how the gadgets that turn up in works by authors from HG Wells to JK Rowling (as well as the cardboard-scenery sci-fi TV of our youth) may become reality.2009 February 5, Sophia Martelli, “Beam us up, Michio”, in The Guardian
    • To explore effective pedagogies to motivate these bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually, this paper draws upon methodologies about translingualism and intercultural doctoral education to dispel the recurrent doubts raised by these bilingual doctoral researchers.2023 October, Haibo Shen, “JIĀO/JIÀO 教 Chinese bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually: A pedagogy for intercultural doctoral education”, in Linguistics and Education, volume 77...

Also used as

theorise is also the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theorize.

Forms of theorise

third-person singular presenttheorises
present participletheorising
past participletheorised
pasttheorised

Origin of theorise

From theory + -ise.

Words formed from theorise

Questions about theorise

What does theorise mean?
Theorise means to theorize (to formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject).
What part of speech is theorise?
Theorise is a verb.
What is the past tense of theorise?
The past tense of theorise is theorised.

Words near theorise in the dictionary

  1. theories of mind
  2. theories of relativity
  3. theories of value
  4. theorisation
  5. theorisations
  6. theorise
  7. theorised
  8. theoriser
  9. theorisers
  10. theorises
  11. theorising

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