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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
(12) present, defend, spin, summarize, lay
Kolokacji: 5
1. present a theory = złóż teorię present a theory
present one's theory, theory presented
2. defend one's theory = bronić czyjś teoria defend one's theory
  • Kirk didn't have to defend his theory.
  • His aim was to defend his theory in new contexts and modify it, as necessary.
  • They defended their theory at a cryptography workshop held in Belgium in September 2012.
  • They defended their theory that a tire popped by a scrap of runway debris had ruptured wing fuel tanks, starting a fire.
  • Relative to the scientific knowledge of the time, these arguments were sound ones and Copernicus could not satisfactorily defend his theory against them.
  • More puzzling is why the family continues to defend Mr. Pepper's particular theory.
  • He'd had a right to his stubbornness, a right to defend his theory, flawed or not.
  • How do you think Freud would account for them, if he wanted to defend his theory?
  • Jára Cirmman was invited to defend his theory to the philosophical congress in Basel.
  • Darwin was too able a thinker to try defending his theory with such a self-defeating catch phrase.
3. spin theories = teorie obrotu spin theories
4. theory is summarized = teoria jest streszczona theory is summarized
5. lay out one's theory = leżał na zewnątrz czyjś teoria lay out one's theory
(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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