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to form a theory (a belief about how something works or came about — often without having absolute proof)- I don't want to begin to theorize until I have more data.
theorize = develop a general belief (about how things work or what happened)
- Galileo theorized the motion of the stars.
- Marx theorized that wealth would be concentrated amongst a few and that most people would live in abject poverty.
- The behaviour of certain creatures he could theorize on for hours with V. C. de Silva.Michael Ondaatje -- Running in the Family
- Snoopers were needed at once — whereupon we confirmed something that had been theorized: Bugs see by infrared.Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers
- I theorize, I take walks, I admire the trees and houses.Don DeLillo -- White Noise
- He'd tried to discuss Dostoyevsky and drawn blank stares while theorizing about Raskolnikov's need to suffer punishment.Russell Baker -- Growing Up
- I was very tired and sleepy, and soon my theorizing passed into dozing.H.G. Wells -- The Time Machine
- What's the use of theorizing?Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- "Gang warfare, maybe," Eliot theorizes.Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
- He had no interest in theorizing, conjecture, high-blown sentiments.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- Teresa seemed to ignore him, doing her own theorizing.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- So, they theorized, you don't even attempt to hook up such a device.Roger Zelazny -- My Name is Legion
- You're out of temper with me this evening—I get on your nerves with my theorizing.Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
- Act first, theorize later; that's also a formula, a devastatingly effective one!Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man
- Police theorized that Pomeroy might actually have been killed near Highway 9 and washed into the Wildlife Preserve during the spring run-off.Stephen King -- Misery
- There are those who would theorize that you haven't gotten past your ex-wife.Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
- His had been the life of a scientist, a man whose time was spent in theorizing in an office or, at best, in a laboratory.Nevil Shute -- On the Beach
- "Well, everyone's been theorizing that Sebastian might be in a different dimension, since he's untrackable," said Isabelle.Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire
- 'I don't have time for theorizing now, Foaly.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
theorized = developed a belief about
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