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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
1. test one's theory = test czyjś teoria test one's theory
test theories, test one's theories
2. prove one's theory = udowadniać czyjś teoria prove one's theory
prove one's theories
3. confirm one's theory = potwierdzać czyjś teoria confirm one's theory
confirm theories
4. support the theory = przemów za teorią support the theory
support one's theory, support this theory, support theories, theory supported, support one's theories
5. agree with one's theory = zgadzać się czyjś teoria agree with one's theory
6. fit one's theory = pasować czyjś teoria fit one's theory
  • He's closing his mind to everything that doesn't fit his theory about Brian, she thought.
  • And it didn't fit anybody's theory, so a lot more scientists that too.
  • But that is the one fact that does not fit your theory, isn't it?
  • They said the prosecution was trying to "torture" evidence to fit their theory of the crime.
  • And when its advocates tried to change human nature to make the fact fit their theory, people resisted.
  • Agassiz visited the site and found its erratic physical features fit his theory.
  • I'll bet a lot of them try to shrug it off, especially if it doesn't fit their theory.
  • This pretty much fit my theory concerning Malachi's inside knowledge.
  • It fits my theory that Dirk is still in town.
  • He said they told Government investigators what they thought would fit its theory of the case.
7. verify one's theory = sprawdzać czyjś teoria verify one's theory
8. fit with one's theory = pasować czyjś teoria fit with one's theory
(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
(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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