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theory

/ˈθɪəri/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈθɪəri/
theory
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

theo - ry -> theory

Myanmar meaning

(n) အယူအဆ

Full entry

theory /'θÇǝri/ n

၁။ [C, U] အယူအဆ။ အဆို။ သဘောတရား။ သီအိုရီ။ Darwin's theory of evolution.
၂။ [U] ပညာရပ်ဆိုင်ရာ ပဓာနကျသည့် စည်းမျဉ်း၊ မူ၊ သဘောတရားများ။ music/educational/economic theory.
၃။ [C] သဘောထား။ အယူ အဆ။ အထင်အမြင်။ different theories about how to bring up children ❍ He has a theory that wearing hats makes men go bald. ❍ ‘So if anyone tries to break in, the alarm will go off?’ ‘That's the theory. ’
၄။ [U] အနုမာန အယူအဆ။ ထင်မြင်ချက်။ It sounds fine in theory, but will it work (in practice)? Compare PRACTICE ၁
❏ theorist /'θÇǝrÇst/ (also theoretician /'θÇǝ- rǝ'tÇʃn/) n အယူအဆသမား။ သဘောတရား ပညာရှင်။ political theorists.
❏ theorize, -ise /'θÇǝraÇz/ v ~ (about sth) စိတ်ကူးသည်။ ယူဆသည်။ ထင်မြင်သည်။ ကောက်ချက်ချသည်။ We were theorizing about the ideal form of secondary education. ❍ (fml ) Morality has been extensively theorized by philosophers. theorizing, -ising n [U]

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  • The theory predicts low speeds and therefore safety.
  • [theory that] : He had a theory that the germs caused disease.
  • The theory and practice of education
  • Psychoanalytic/Marxist/literary theory
  • [theory about] : I have my own theory about why he resigned.
  • [theory that] : There is a theory that her death was an accident.
Synonyms
hypothesis, conjecture, speculation, assumption, premise, presumption, supposition, guess, approach, argument, base, basis, belief, code, codification, concept, conditions, doctrine, dogma, feeling, formularization, foundation, grounds, guesswork, hunch, idea, ideology, impression, method, model, notion, outlook, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, presentiment, principle, proposal, provision, rationale, rule, scheme, shot, stab, supposal, suppose, surmise, suspicion, system, systemization, technique, theorem, thesis, understanding
Antonyms
calculation, certainty, disbelief, fact, information, knowledge, measurement, proof, reality, truth
Cross references
hypothesisconjecturespeculationassumptionpremisepresumptionsuppositionguessapproachargumentbasebasisbeliefcodecodificationconceptconditionsdoctrinedogmafeelingformularizationfoundationgroundsguessworkhunchideaideologyimpression
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