| VERB | cognition | theorise, speculate, theorize, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
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| Meaning | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They theorise that there was a traffic accident | |
| Synonyms | speculate, theorize, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose | |
| Narrower | explicate, formulate, develop | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses |
| reconstruct, construct, retrace | reassemble mentally | |
| Broader | expect, anticipate | regard something as probable or likely |
| Spanish | conjeturar, especular, hipotetizar, imaginar, suponer, teorizar | |
| Catalan | conjecturar, especular, fer hipòtesis, imaginar, suposar, teoritzar | |
| Nouns | theorisation | the production or use of theories |
| theoriser | someone who theorizes / theorizes (especially in science or art) | |
| theory | a tentative insight into the natural world | |
| theory | a belief that can guide behavior | |
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