theorise
Valid in Scrabble
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- 10
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- 8
Definition of theorise
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(UK, alt-of, nonstandard)Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theorize.
“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.”
“Beck - who has the sort of rubbery, chucklesome face that should ideally be either a) cast as the goonish sidekick in a bad frat house sex comedy or b) painted on a toilet bowl so you could shit directly on to it - has become famous for crying live on air, indulging in paranoid conspiracy theorising, and labelling Obama a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or white culture".”
“This sex difference in post-coital response […] is theorised to be down to multi-partnering in our evolution.”
“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.”
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Etymology
From theory + -ise.
Words you can make from theorise
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