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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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 18
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 22
(1) suggest, predict, argue, show, indicate, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(2) explain, say, state, posit, assert, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(3) hold, apply, focus, give, relate, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(4) go, come, assume, gain, fail, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(5) include, contain, consider, encompass, incorporate, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(6) make, inspire, draw
Kolokacji: 3
(7) propose, provide, allow, surround, offer
Kolokacji: 5
(8) abound, seem, lead, begin, appear, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(9) describe, account, link, connect, identify, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(10) exist, survive
Kolokacji: 2
(11) influence, work, put, rest, dominate, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(12) claim, require, postulate, need, lack
Kolokacji: 5
(13) develop, emerge, arise, originate
Kolokacji: 4
(14) involve, imply, entail, implicate
Kolokacji: 4
(15) search, prove, attempt, seek
Kolokacji: 4
(16) emphasize, stress
Kolokacji: 2
(17) support, fit, consist, underpin
Kolokacji: 4
1. theory supports = teoria potwierdza theory supports
2. theory fits = teoria pasuje theory fits
  • The theory fitted, because since then things had become worse.
  • But "no theory fits the myriad facts," the author concludes.
  • But one never knows how the theory fits the fact.
  • They were simply concerned that the existing theories didn't fit together.
  • When the theory didn't fit, we junked it and made up a new one.
  • I'm inclined to agree, since your theory alone fits all the available facts.
  • "But the theory fits the facts that we do have."
  • His theory fit the observed data, at any rate.
  • The following table shows how beautifully this theory fits the facts.
  • You must take me into partnership-I'll find the theories to fit all your cases.
3. theory consists = teoria składa się theory consists
4. theory underpinning = podmurówka teorii theory underpinning
(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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