Theory

Definition

theory /'θÇǝri/ n ၁။ [C, U] အယူအဆ။ အဆို။ သေဘာတရား။ သီအိုရီ။ Darwin's theory of evolution. ၂။ [U] ပညာရပ္ဆိုင္ရာ ပဓာနက်သည့္ စည္းမ်ဥ္း၊ မူ၊ သေဘာတရားမ်ား။ music/educational/economic theory. ၃။ [C] သေဘာထား။ အယူ အဆ။ အထင္အျမင္။ 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] အႏုမာန အယူအဆ။ ထင္ျမင္ခ်က္။ It sounds fine in theory, but will it work (in practice)? Compare PRACTICE ၁ ❏ theorist /'θÇǝrÇst/ (also theoretician / ' θÇǝ- rǝ'tÇʃn/) n အယူအဆသမား။ သေဘာတရား ပညာရွင္။ political theorists. ❏ theorize, -ise /'θÇǝraÇz/ v ~ (about sth) စိတ္ကူးသည္။ ယူဆသည္။ ထင္ျမင္သည္။ ေကာက္ခ်က္ခ်သည္။ We were theorizing about the ideal form of secondary education. ❍ ( fml ) Morality has been extensively theorized by philosophers. theorizing, -ising n [U]

Examples

1. The theory predicts low speeds and therefore safety.
2. [theory that] : He had a theory that the germs caused disease.
3. The theory and practice of education
4. Psychoanalytic/Marxist/literary theory
5. [theory about] : I have my own theory about why he resigned.
6. [theory that] : There is a theory that her death was an accident.