(~s, theorizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'theorise'
If you ~ that something is true or ~ about it, you develop an abstract idea or set of ideas about something in order to explain it.
Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers...
By studying the way people behave, we can ~ about what is going on in their mind.
VERB: V that, V about n, also V
theorizing
This was no time for theorizing.
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