I think I have a theory about that.
Source: tatoeba (1378)
Theory
//ˈθɪə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "theory" (105 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (52)
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277 entriesShowing 16 of 277 words.
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescapable of
1 entriescreated by
2 entriesderived
12 entriesdistinct from
7 entrieshas context
3 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmeronym
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
144 entriesShowing 16 of 144 words.
Translations
209 translations across 77 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- teori noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θεωρία noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Arabic
2 entries- نَظَرِيَّة noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- نَظَرِيَّة noun (an unproven conjecture)
Armenian
3 entries- թեորիա noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- տեսություն noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- տեսություն noun (an unproven conjecture)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- nəzəriyyə noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoriya noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Belarusian
3 entries- гіпо́тэза noun (an unproven conjecture)
- тэо́рыя noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- тэо́рыя noun (an unproven conjecture)
Bengali
1 entries- তত্ত্ব noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Bulgarian
3 entries- тео́рия noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- тео́рия noun (an unproven conjecture)
- хипоте́за noun (an unproven conjecture)
Burmese
1 entries- သီအိုရီ noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Catalan
4 entries- teoria noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoria noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teoria noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teoria noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 學說 /学说 noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- 學說 /学说 noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- 定理 noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
- 理論 /理论 noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Czech
3 entries- teorie noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teorie noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teorie noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Danish
3 entries- teori noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teori noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teori noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Dutch
4 entries- theorie noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- theorie noun (an unproven conjecture)
- theorie noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- theorie noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Esperanto
1 entries- teorio noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Estonian
1 entries- teooria noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Finnish
4 entries- oppi noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teoria noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoria noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teoria noun (a field of study in mathematics)
French
3 entries- théorie noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- théorie noun (an unproven conjecture)
- théorie noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Galician
4 entries- teoría noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoría noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teoría noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teoría noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Georgian
1 entries- თეორია noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
German
4 entries- Theorie noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- Theorie noun (an unproven conjecture)
- Theorie noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- Theorie noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Greek
3 entries- θεωρία noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- θεωρία noun (an unproven conjecture)
- θεωρία noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- teori noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Hebrew
2 entries- תֵּאוֹרְיָה noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- תּוֹרָה noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Hindi
4 entries- तथ्य noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- नज़रिया noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- नज़रिया noun (an unproven conjecture)
- सिद्धांत noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Hungarian
1 entries- elmélet noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Icelandic
1 entries- kenning noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Ido
1 entries- teorio noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Indonesian
4 entries- teori noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teori noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teori noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teori noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- تِئوری noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- نَظَرِیِه noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Irish
4 entries- teoiric noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoiric noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teoiric noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teoiric noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Italian
4 entries- teoria noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoria noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teoria noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teoria noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Japanese
4 entries- 学説 noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- 学説 noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- 定理 noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- 定理 noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Kazakh
1 entries- теория noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Khmer
1 entries- ទ្រឹស្ដី noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Korean
4 entries- 리론 noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- 이론 noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- 정리 noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
- 학설 noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- теория noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Lao
1 entries- ທິດສະດີ noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Latin
1 entries- theōria noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Latvian
1 entries- teorija noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Lithuanian
1 entries- teorija noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Macedonian
4 entries- теорија noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- теорија noun (an unproven conjecture)
- теорија noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- теорија noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Malay
4 entries- teori noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teori noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teori noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teori noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Malayalam
1 entries- സിദ്ധാന്തം noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Maltese
3 entries- teorija noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teorija noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teorija noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Marathi
1 entries- सिद्धांत noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Middle Irish
2 entries- teoiricecht noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- téoir noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Mongolian
2 entries- онол noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- онол noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Māori
1 entries- ariā noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- teori noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teori noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teori noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teori noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- teori noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teori noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teori noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Occitan
1 entries- teoria noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Old Irish
1 entries- teöir noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Pashto
2 entries- تيوري noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- نظريه noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Polish
4 entries- teoria noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoria noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teoria noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teoria noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Portuguese
4 entries- teoria noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoria noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teoria noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teoria noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Romanian
4 entries- teorie noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teorie noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teorie noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teorii noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Russian
4 entries- гипо́теза noun (an unproven conjecture)
- тео́рия noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- тео́рия noun (an unproven conjecture)
- тео́рия noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- beachd-smaoin noun (an unproven conjecture)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- tèōrija noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- tèōrija noun (an unproven conjecture)
- tèōrija noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- tèōrija noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Slovak
1 entries- teória noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Slovene
1 entries- teorija noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Spanish
4 entries- teoría noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoría noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teoría noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teoría noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Swedish
4 entries- teori noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teori noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teori noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- teori noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Tagalog
3 entries- huna noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- huna noun (an unproven conjecture)
- huna noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Tajik
2 entries- назария noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- теория noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Thai
2 entries- ทฤษฎี noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- ทฤษฎี noun (an unproven conjecture)
Turkish
4 entries- kuram noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- kuram noun (an unproven conjecture)
- kuram noun (a field of study in mathematics)
- kuram noun (in logic: a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them)
Turkmen
1 entries- teoriýa noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Ukrainian
3 entries- гіпо́теза noun (an unproven conjecture)
- тео́рія noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- тео́рія noun (an unproven conjecture)
Urdu
1 entries- نَظَرِیَہ noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Uyghur
1 entries- نەزەرىيە noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Uzbek
2 entries- nazariya noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- teoriya noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Vietnamese
4 entries- học thuyết noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- lý luận noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- lý thuyết noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- thuyết noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Volapük
2 entries- teor noun (an unproven conjecture)
- teorod noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
Welsh
4 entries- damcaniaeth noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- damcaniaeth noun (an unproven conjecture)
- rhagdybiaeth noun (an unproven conjecture)
- theori noun (a field of study in mathematics)
Yiddish
2 entries- טעאָריע noun (a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
- טעאָריע noun (an unproven conjecture)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
Source: tatoeba (1854)
The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost luggage.
Source: tatoeba (2272)
What do you base your theory on?
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