"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 22
(6) make, inspire, draw
Kolokacji: 3
(10) exist, survive
Kolokacji: 2
1. theory exists = teoria istnieje theory exists
2. theory survives = teoria trwa theory survives
  • But that theory may not survive contact with reality.
  • The declarer eventually lost two club tricks, for down one, although he could in theory have survived.
  • And if the theory survives, it comes out so much the stronger.
  • Einstein's theory survives, physicists say, but the results of the experiments, they agree, are mind-bending.
  • Should any new theory survive more of such refutations, it would have a higher verisimilitude and therefore, Popper concluded, be closer to truth.
  • Clever theories about what is written or said cannot survive juxtaposition with that sentence.
  • A successful theory must be consistent with all the facts, contradicted by none, and survive experiments aimed at proving it false.
  • Nationalist theories developed during communism have survived largely intact into the present day.
  • Einstein's theory of gravity has survived all tests so far, yet there is no absolute proof for it and there never will be.
  • The main theory of powers survives, and with Mumford's help and editorial contribution is readily accessible.
(15) search, prove, attempt, seek
Kolokacji: 4
(16) emphasize, stress
Kolokacji: 2
(18) help, tend
Kolokacji: 2
(19) differ, vary, contradict
Kolokacji: 3
(20) depend, rely, resolve
Kolokacji: 3
(21) circulate, revolve
Kolokacji: 2
(22) attribute, ignore, hypothesize
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + theory
Kolokacji: 80
teach theory • study theory • discuss theories • theory known • include theory • test one's theory • prove one's theory • ...
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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