| English verb: theorise | |||
| 1. | theorise (cognition) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | ||
| Samples | Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps. | ||
| Examples | They theorise that there was a traffic accident | ||
| Synonyms | conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anticipate, expect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | construct, develop, explicate, formulate, reconstruct, retrace | ||