Sentences with theory
the·o·ry
T t - Marx produced a new theory about historical change based upon conflict between competing groups.
- There was a theory that he wanted to marry her.
- Theory, as compared here, implies considerable evidence in support of a formulated general principle explaining the operation of certain phenomena [the theory of evolution]; hypothesis implies an inadequacy of evidence in support of an explanation that is tentatively inferred, often as a basis for further experimentation [the nebular hypothesis]; law implies an exact formulation of the principle operating in a sequence of events in nature, observed to occur with unvarying uniformity under the same conditions [the law of the conservation of energy]
- He taught us music theory.
- I have a theory about that
- The theory of relativity
- The theory of equations in mathematics
- Einstein's theory of relativity.
- Number theory.
- Music theory.
- Conflicting theories of how children best learn to read.
- The theory that there is life on other planets.
- My theory is that he never stops to think words have consequences.
- In theory, mapping the human genome may lead to thousands of cures.