All English words - page 5885

Meanings of Theor:

noun

An envoy sent on behalf of a state, especially to consult an oracle or perform a religious rite.

Meanings of Theorbo:

noun

A large lute with the neck extended to carry several long bass strings, used for accompaniment in 17th and early 18th century music.

Usage examples:

The instrumental accompaniment is improvisatory, earthy and ingenious: lute, theorbo, guitar and ha…

Meanings of Theorbos:

noun

A large lute with the neck extended to carry several long bass strings, used for accompaniment in 17th and early 18th century music.

Usage examples:

The instrumental accompaniment is improvisatory, earthy and ingenious: lute, theorbo, guitar and ha…

Meanings of Theorem:

noun

A general proposition not self-evident but proved by a chain of reasoning; a truth established by means of accepted truths.

Usage examples:

Ideally the definitions would generate all the concepts from clear and distinct ideas, and the proo…

Meanings of Theorematical:

adjective

Having the nature of a theorem; involving deduction, especially of facts which are not direct consequences of existing or assumed knowledge.

Meanings of Theorematically:

adverb

By means of a theory or theorem; by means of deduction.

Meanings of Theoremic:

adjective

(originally) involving or based on speculation or theory rather than practical knowledge; (in later use) relating to or involving theorems; relating to deduction, especially of facts which are not direct consequences of existing or assumed knowledge.

Meanings of Theorems:

noun

A general proposition not self-evident but proved by a chain of reasoning; a truth established by means of accepted truths.

Usage examples:

Ideally the definitions would generate all the concepts from clear and distinct ideas, and the proo…

Meanings of Theoretic:

adjective

Another term for theoretical.

Meanings of Theoretical:

adjective

Concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application.

Usage examples:

A theoretical physicist

Meanings of Theoretically:

adverb

In a way that relates to the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application.

Usage examples:

The method has been studied theoretically

Meanings of Theoretician:

noun

A person who forms, develops, or studies the theoretical framework of a subject.

Usage examples:

Researchers and theoreticians have developed more sophisticated ways of thinking about fathers.

Meanings of Theoreticians:

noun

A person who forms, develops, or studies the theoretical framework of a subject.

Usage examples:

Researchers and theoreticians have developed more sophisticated ways of thinking about fathers.

Meanings of Theoria:

noun

Contemplation of the nature of things.

Meanings of Theoric:

noun

The conceptual basis of a subject or area of study. often opposed to practic, practice.

adjective

Relating to a fund established in athens for the purpose of subsidizing attendance at the theatre and other public festivals; designating such a fund.

Meanings of Theorical:

adjective

Involving or consisting of theory; conceptual. often opposed to practical.

Meanings of Theorically:

adverb

In terms of theory; in accordance with theories; hypothetically.

Meanings of Theorician:

noun

A person who holds or advances a theory or theories; an expert in the theoretical aspects of a subject.

Meanings of Theoricon:

noun

A fund established in athens for the purpose of subsidizing attendance at the theatre and other public festivals; distributions made from this fund.

Meanings of Theorics:

noun

That which is theoretical; the theoretical aspects of a subject. often opposed to practics, practice.

Meanings of Theories:

noun

A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Usage examples:

Darwin's theory of evolution

Meanings of Theorisation:

noun

The process or act of forming a new or different theory about something

Usage examples:

Debates over the nature of youth today may have been ignored by the advocates of radical re-theoris…

Meanings of Theorise:

verb

Form a theory or theories about something.

Usage examples:

He theorized that the atolls marked the sites of vanished volcanoes

Meanings of Theorised:

verb

Form a theory or theories about something.

Usage examples:

He theorized that the atolls marked the sites of vanished volcanoes

Meanings of Theorises:

verb

Form a theory or theories about something.

Usage examples:

He theorized that the atolls marked the sites of vanished volcanoes