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Definition

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.

theorized = developed a belief about

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

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