theory
A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
Noun 4 meanings
A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
“Knot theory classifies the mappings of a circle into 3-space.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French théorie, a learned borrowing from Late Latin theōria, borrowed from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
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THEORY at a glance
THEORY has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + O 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,370 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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