theory

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  1. noun A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
  2. noun The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice: a fine musician who had never studied theory.
  3. noun A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.

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  1. Late Latin theōria, from Greek theōriā, from theōros, spectator : probably theā, a viewing + -oros, seeing (from horān, to see).

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  1. Early modern English theorie; from Old French theorie, French théorie = Spanish teoría = Portuguese theoria = Italian teoria = D. G. theorie = Swedish Danish teori, theory, from Latin theoria, from Greek θεωρία, a viewing, beholding, contemplation, speculation, theory, from θεωρεῖν, view, behold, from θεωρός, spectator: see theorem.
 

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