"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
2. theory says = teoria oznacza theory says
3. theory states = stany teorii theory states
4. theory posits = teoria zakłada theory posits
5. theory asserts = teoria twierdzi theory asserts
6. theory maintains = teoria utrzymuje theory maintains
7. theory tells = teoria mówi theory tells
  • Expressed in practical terms, a normative theory, more properly called a policy, tells agents how they ought to act.
  • But evolutionary theory tells us that resources should be just as important to women, if not more so.
  • The theory also tells us that nothing can travel faster than light.
  • Vygotsky's theory tells us that adults are active agents in children's social development.
  • Doesn't your psychoanalytic theory tell you anything about that?
  • "But as good a theory as any," Rick told her.
  • This theory told the people that kings had the order of the gods to rule the country.
  • So both theory and experiment tell us that it is constant to the best of our abilities.
  • Right, economic theory tells us that production will continue in, in the short run providing average variable costs are covered.
  • The theory of evolution tells us that man and chimpanzees share a common ancestor.
8. theory dictates = teoria dyktuje theory dictates
(6) make, inspire, draw
Kolokacji: 3
(10) exist, survive
Kolokacji: 2
(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 • ...

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