Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to theorise
Participle: theorised
Gerund: theorising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | theorise |
| you | theorise |
| he;she;it | theorises |
| we | theorise |
| you | theorise |
| they | theorise |
Perfect
| I | have theorised |
| you | have theorised |
| he;she;it | has theorised |
| we | have theorised |
| you | have theorised |
| they | have theorised |
Past
| I | theorised |
| you | theorised |
| he;she;it | theorised |
| we | theorised |
| you | theorised |
| they | theorised |
Pluperfect
| I | had theorised |
| you | had theorised |
| he;she;it | had theorised |
| we | had theorised |
| you | had theorised |
| they | had theorised |
Future
| I | will theorise |
| you | will theorise |
| he;she;it | will theorise |
| we | will theorise |
| you | will theorise |
| they | will theorise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have theorised |
| you | will have theorised |
| he;she;it | will have theorised |
| we | will have theorised |
| you | will have theorised |
| they | will have theorised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | theorise |
| you | theorise |
| he;she;it | theorise |
| we | theorise |
| you | theorise |
| they | theorise |
Perfect
| I | have theorised |
| you | have theorised |
| he;she;it | have theorised |
| we | have theorised |
| you | have theorised |
| they | have theorised |
Imperfect
| I | theorised |
| you | theorised |
| he;she;it | theorised |
| we | theorised |
| you | theorised |
| they | theorised |
Pluperfect
| I | had theorised |
| you | had theorised |
| he;she;it | had theorised |
| we | had theorised |
| you | had theorised |
| they | had theorised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would theorise |
| you | would theorise |
| he;she;it | would theorise |
| we | would theorise |
| you | would theorise |
| they | would theorise |
Perfect
| I | would have theorised |
| you | would have theorised |
| he;she;it | would have theorised |
| we | would have theorised |
| you | would have theorised |
| they | would have theorised |
Imperative
| you | theorise |
| we | Let's theorise |
| you | theorise |
Verbs conjugated like 'theorise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'theorise'
theorize,
etherise,
otherise,
rhetorise,
tutorise,
aphorise,
arborise,
atheise,
athetise,
authorise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Hellenic *tʰáwā
3. Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā)
4. Proto-Indo-European *wer-der.
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der.
6. Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
7. Ancient Greek ὁράω (horáō)
8. Ancient Greek *θεᾱ-(ϝ)ορός, *θεη-(ϝ)ορός (*theā-(w)orós, *theē-(w)orós)
9. Ancient Greek θεωρός (theōrós)
10. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
12. Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
13. Proto-Hellenic *-íā
14. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
15. Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría)bor.
16. Late Latin theōrialbor.
17. Middle French théoriebor.
18. English theory
19. English -ise
20. English theorise
21. From theory + -ise.
Sample Sentences
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In Physics of the Impossible, he theorises about how the gadgets that turn up in works by authors from HG Wells to JK Rowling (as well as the cardboard-scenery sci-fi TV of our youth) may become reality. [2009 February 5, Sophia Martelli, “Beam us up, Michio”, in The Guardian:]
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Beck - who has the sort of rubbery, chucklesome face that should ideally be either a) cast as the goonish sidekick in a bad frat house sex comedy or b) painted on a toilet bowl so you could shit directly on to it - has become famous for crying live on air, indulging in paranoid conspiracy theorising, and labelling Obama a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or white culture". [2009 May 9, Charlie Brooker, “Charlie Brooker's screen burn”, in The Guardian:]
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This sex difference in post-coital response […] is theorised to be down to multi-partnering in our evolution. [2019, Sara Pascoe, Sex Power Money:]
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To explore effective pedagogies to motivate these bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually, this paper draws upon methodologies about translingualism and intercultural doctoral education to dispel the recurrent doubts raised by these bilingual doctoral researchers. [2023 October 26, Haibo Shen, “JIĀO/JIÀO 教 Chinese bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually: A pedagogy for intercultural doctoral education”, in Linguistics and Education, volume 77, →DOI:]