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"theory" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

theory sustantivo

sustantivo + theory
Kolokacji: 165
conspiracy theory • probability theory • quantum theory • string theory • chaos theory • field theory • graph theory • music theory • ...
theory + verbo
Kolokacji: 117
theory suggests • theory predicts • theory explains • theory holds • theory goes • theory says • theory includes • theory states • ...
verbo + theory
Kolokacji: 80
teach theory • study theory • discuss theories • theory known • include theory • test one's theory • prove one's theory • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 28
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) teach, explain, develop, formulate, advance, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(2) study, know, see, believe, hear, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(3) discuss, encompass, cover
Kolokacji: 3
(4) include, accept, relate, associate, espouse
Kolokacji: 5
(5) test, prove, confirm, support, agree, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(6) publish, give, write, create, outline, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(7) base
Kolokacji: 2
(8) apply, use, share, utilize, employ
Kolokacji: 7
(9) propose, advocate, imply
Kolokacji: 3
(10) offer, provide
Kolokacji: 2
(11) reject, discredit
Kolokacji: 2
1. theory is rejected = teoria jest odrzucona theory is rejected
reject one's theory
  • His theory had been rejected because of the evidence against him.
  • Soon after some more recent findings, this theory was rejected.
  • As a result, the theory is now rejected by all serious chess historians.
  • The theory was almost unanimously rejected in the scientific community.
  • But the theory was directly rejected by the American visitor in an interview yesterday.
  • This theory was supported and rejected in the 1930s, especially by Dutch authors.
  • Therefore any theory which denies that it is must be rejected as unacceptable.
  • Sometimes a theory is rejected with a reference to the danger of misuse.
  • The theories he has put forth have been uniformly rejected by the courts.
  • The theory of nullification has been rejected repeatedly by the courts.
2. theory is discredited = teoria jest podana w wątpliwość theory is discredited
(12) present, defend, spin, summarize, lay
Kolokacji: 5
(13) call, mention, invoke, label
Kolokacji: 4
(14) come, combine, find, blend, scatter
Kolokacji: 5
(15) integrate, incorporate, contain
Kolokacji: 3
adjetivo + theory
Kolokacji: 316
economic theory • general theory • scientific theory • evolutionary theory • critical theory • mathematical theory • legal theory • ...
preposición + theory
Kolokacji: 19
between theory • in theory • of theory • from theory • by theory • ...

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