Word "THEORY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
Synonyms:
hypothesis, possibility
Examples:
a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a belief that can guide behavior
Examples:
the architect has a theory that more is less
they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
Examples:
true in fact and theory

Crossword Clues for THEORY

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Otherwise, they have grasped the idea (6)
"The Big Bang -"
Those people holding an alternative abstract idea (6)
Hypothetical reasoning (6)
Speculation by ambassador in Conservative situation (6)
He gets the Conservative to embrace the idea (6)
Idea, opinion Mirror Tea Time 14 Mar 2024
Article or letter which may not work out in practice (6)
Unproven opinion (6)
Hypothesis those people write about gold (6)
Those people hold gold as a speculation
The _ of Everything: 2014 film about Stephen Hawking (6)
The others get an alternative, in principle (6)
Supposition destroyed her toy (6)
They are to be lined with gold - that's the idea (6)
Unproven idea Mirror Tea Time 02 Feb 2024
TV's "The Big Bang __" Commuter 29 Dec 2023
Speculation those people kept about soldiers
The - - - of Everything, Eddie Redmayne film
Conjecture from man interrupting person in party The Times Quick Cryptic 12 Dec 2023
The ____ Of Everything, 2015 biopic starring Eddie Redmayne (6)
Chaos ___, conspiracy ___, etc. (6)
Explanatory supposition The Times Concise 22 Jul 2023
Word after "music" or "string" Universal 21 May 2023
The hypothesis rather than the practice Irish Times Simplex 27 Apr 2023
Hypothesis The Guardian Speedy 12 Mar 2023
Some loathe or yearn for a system of ideas The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Nov 2022
Article or essay's backing conjecture The Guardian Cryptic 28 Oct 2022
Supposition Eugene Sheffer 29 Sep 2022
Hypothesis The Telegraph Quick 07 Sep 2022
Attachment ___ (relationship analysis framework) Universal 31 Jul 2022
Those people hoarding gold for speculation
Those people hoarding gold for speculation The Guardian Quiptic 25 Jul 2022
More than a hypothesis, but not quite a law New York Times 30 Jun 2022
Greek astronomer Ptolemy ultimately finding ideal situation The Telegraph Toughie 24 Jun 2022
Conjecture, hypothesis Irish Times Simplex 14 May 2022
Idea The Telegraph Quick 10 May 2022
Hypothesis leads to extremes? The rest is history! Irish Times Crosaire 23 Mar 2022
See 10 The Guardian Cryptic 22 Mar 2022
Scientific explanation The Times Concise 01 Mar 2022
Attempt to embrace man with love in ideal situation
See 10 ac.
Abstract viewpoint those people held about serving men
Hypothesis The Guardian Speedy 10 Oct 2021
Rewrite other conclusion to unsatisfactory hypothesis
The men ending with crazy conjecture
Conjecture, hypothesis Irish Times Simplex 07 Jun 2021
Scientific explanation USA Today 03 May 2021
Hypothesis The Telegraph Quick 10 Apr 2021
Hypothesis leads to extremes? The rest is history! Irish Times Crosaire 02 Mar 2021
Opinion of article on golden year The Telegraph Toughie 07 Jan 2021
Hypothesis The Guardian Speedy 04 Oct 2020
Conservative welcoming the man's idea
Analyse other conclusion of revolutionary hypothesis
Holy Father doesn't get half the speculation Irish Times Crosaire 30 Jul 2020
Man blocks Tory plan The Sun Two Speed 07 Jul 2020
Hypothesis The Sun Two Speed 07 Jul 2020
Ambassador blocks Conservative plan The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jun 2020
The man taken in by Conservative's surmise The Telegraph Cryptic 25 May 2020
Scientific speculation Newsday 08 May 2020
Ambassador trapped in Conservative speculation
Supposition, hypothesis The Guardian Speedy 05 Apr 2020
Ambassador taken in by right-wing supposition The Sun Two Speed 31 Mar 2020
"The Big Bang ___," television sitcom in which Neil deGrasse Tyson guest-starred as himself
That man involved in conservative speculation Irish Times Crosaire 04 Mar 2020
Nothing right in that lot's speculation The Telegraph Toughie 26 Feb 2020
What's the big idea?
What's the big idea? New York Times 05 Jan 2020
He blocks Conservative idea The Sun Two Speed 03 Dec 2019
Construct, those people have a choice
"The Big Bang ___," series in which 45a made an appearance as himself in the episode "The Comet Polarization"
Hypothesis The Times Concise 12 Sep 2019
Proposed explanation Newsday 01 Sep 2019
An assumption by several banks? The same old story! Irish Times Crosaire 24 Aug 2019
Working hypothesis The Times Concise 20 Aug 2019
Darwinism, e.g USA Today 08 Aug 2019
Idea The Telegraph Quick 23 Jul 2019
Ambassador blocks Tory plan The Sun Two Speed 10 Jul 2019
Conjecture on Norse god covering European mythology at last
Principle on which practice is based Irish Times Simplex 01 Jun 2019
Possible explanation from politician, full of gas
Eggs should be going up in your hypothesis
Darwinism, e.g.
View of Boris Johnson? He's divisive
Speculation by several banks? The same old story! Irish Times Crosaire 28 Aug 2018
He stops Tory speculation The Sun Two Speed 27 Jul 2018
Explanation of a phenomenon Irish Times Simplex 14 Jul 2018
Speculation Canadiana 18 Jun 2018
On the other hand, those people come round to the idea
He blocks Conservative plan The Sun Two Speed 14 May 2018
Big Bang ___ USA Today 08 May 2018
That man is enthralled by right-wing notion
Idea for less capital divides people in general
Supposition The Sun Two Speed 09 Jan 2018
Supposition on the old railway The Sun Two Speed 09 Jan 2018
Big Bang ___
Attempt to impress that man with old supposition The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Dec 2017
Conservative pinching the other fellow's idea
'It is sometimes fiction. It is sometimes ____' (Macaulay on history) The Times Specialist Sunday 29 Oct 2017
Those people pinch gold? That's the hypothesis
The same old story doing the rounds is pure speculation Irish Times Crosaire 28 Aug 2017
They hold an alternative, but not in practice
Idea for testing The Telegraph Quick 21 Jul 2017
People accepting alternative hypothesis
Possible explanation Universal 17 Feb 2017
One with specialised knowledge The Times Concise 07 Feb 2017
Other people accepting central elements of informed speculation
Speculation this is the opinion of The Thinker Irish Times Crosaire 20 Dec 2016
Evolution or relativity USA Today 20 Dec 2016
Conjecture made by those people importing gold
That man should interrupt politician showing presumption The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Oct 2016
Set of principles on which practice is based Irish Times Simplex 12 Oct 2016
Conjecture the other ranks verify finally
Attempt to engage man with love for idea
Man possessed by right idea
Evolution, for one Universal 24 Jun 2016
Speculation surrounds The FBI Story Irish Times Crosaire 28 Apr 2016
Conservative to accept governor's hypothesis
Scientific supposition Wall Street Journal 04 Apr 2016
Greek man really discontented in practice? The opposite The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Feb 2016
Evolution, for one
Evolution or relativity
Big Bang, for one Eugene Sheffer 18 Dec 2015
Conjecture men should be surrounded by people in authority The Telegraph Toughie 01 Dec 2015
Right to ring ambassador for an explanation
Opinion right-wing male's held The Telegraph Toughie 10 Nov 2015
Article on report, no way speculation
People holding an alternative opinion
Concept that has yet to be verified The Telegraph General Knowledge 27 Sep 2015
The Big Bang, e.g Universal 03 Aug 2015
Practice's counterpart New York Times 01 Aug 2015
The man is taken in by right-wing supposition
Construct- those people will have a choice
The chap taken in by politician's proposition The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Mar 2015
The old line is one that is to be tested
Unproven explanation The Times Concise 19 Jan 2015
Practice's counterpart
The Big Bang, e.g.
Guess what's missing from Rossini's Le Comte?
Ambassador taken in by right-wing supposition
Right to adopt man's
Unnamed folks hoarded gold — that's the speculation
Ambassador taken in by right-wing supposition
In general, people possess nothing – royal speculation?
Surmise
Something to test
Possible explanation
Big Bang ___
Politician's full of gas, it's supposed
He interrupts politician, showing presumption
B.C. rockers ___ of a Deadman
Proposed explanation
Scientific statement
In ___ (hypothetically)
Conjecture
Relativity, for one
Conjecture
Postulation
Something to be tested
Hypothesis
More than a hypothesis
Formulated idea
Working hypothesis
Keynesianism, for one
Speculation
Speculation
It's just an idea
Darwin and Newton each had one
Possible explanation
Speculation
Speculation
Conjecture
Evolution, e.g.
Conjecture
Monetarism, for one
Music school subject
Speculative plan
Postulate
Hypothesis
Relativity, for one
Speculation
Educated guess
General principle.
Einstein product.
The butterfly effect or the big bang, e.g.
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