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单词 theorizing
释义

theorize

verb

the·​o·​rize ˈthē-ə-ˌrīz How to pronounce theorize (audio)
ˈthir-ˌīz
theorized; theorizing

intransitive verb

: to form a theory : speculate

transitive verb

1
: to form a theory about
2
: to propose as a theory
theorization
ˌthē-ə-rə-ˈzā-shən How to pronounce theorize (audio)
ˌthir-ə-
noun
theorizer noun

Example Sentences

Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets.
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Word History

First Known Use

1638, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

theorizing

verb

present participle of theorize
as in speculating
to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real; to form or suggest a theory about something Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • speculating
  • hypothesizing
  • thinking
  • postulating
  • dreaming
  • believing
  • presupposing
  • saying
  • assuming
  • presuming
  • supposing
  • deducing
  • premising
  • gathering
  • inferring
  • conjecturing
  • accepting
  • crediting
  • figuring
  • swallowing
  • guessing
  • judging
  • suspecting
  • hypothecating
  • imagining
  • concluding
  • surmising
  • conceiving
  • reckoning
  • perceiving
  • insisting
  • suspicioning
  • asserting
  • taking
  • affirming
  • fancying
  • contending
  • claiming
  • alleging
  • declaring
  • preconceiving
  • maintaining
  • averring
  • avowing
  • professing
  • avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • questioning
  • doubting
  • discounting
  • challenging
  • discrediting
  • disputing
  • controverting
  • wondering (about)
  • distrusting
  • disbelieving
  • denying
  • rejecting
  • disagreeing (with)
  • disclaiming
  • repudiating
  • mistrusting
  • disavowing
  • refuting
  • disproving
  • rebutting
  • disowning
  • confuting
  • belying
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