-ing form
Developing a set of ideas to explain how or why something happens.
The researchers are theorizing about how the virus spread.
Theorizing about gravity led him to propose a new model.
American English
How to pronounce theorizing
verbC1
THEEeraizihng
/ˈθi.ɚˌaɪ.zɪŋ/
4 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of theorize
Developing a set of ideas to explain how or why something happens.
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-ing form
Trying to explain something when you do not have all the facts.
Without evidence, they are theorizing about the suspect's motive.
People are theorizing that the lights came from a distant aircraft.
Related words & forms
The final e is dropped before -ing: theorizing.