"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(3) discuss, encompass, cover
Kolokacji: 3
(7) base
Kolokacji: 2
(9) propose, advocate, imply
Kolokacji: 3
  • Both advocated the theory that national interests could be advanced through a drastically reduced military, yet neither explained how that works operationally.
  • It was named and described by Louise Lacey in her 1974 book Lunaception, and she maintains a website advocating the theory.
  • Bradford also advocated the constitutional theory of strict constructionism.
  • Volger advocated the theory of neptunism.
  • Cowherd is credited with being the main figure advocating the theory of vegetarianism.
  • In 1869, after an exhaustive study of ammonites, Waagen advocated the theory of evolution or mutation for certain series of fossils.
  • It also lead Cuvier to advocate the geological theory of catastrophism to explain the succession of organisms revealed by the fossil record.
  • He also advocated the theory of spontaneous generation.
  • He advocated the theory that the human mind would be the crucial factor in man's eventual extinction.
  • In the short term, it is time for certain European countries to stop advocating the theory of a fair return.
3. theory implied = teoria oznaczała theory implied
(10) offer, provide
Kolokacji: 2
(11) reject, discredit
Kolokacji: 2
(13) call, mention, invoke, label
Kolokacji: 4
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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