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the·o·ry
 (th    -r , thîr )
KEY
NOUN:
pl.
the·o·ries
- 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.
- 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.
- A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.
- Abstract reasoning; speculation:
a decision based on experience rather than theory.
- A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment:
staked out the house on the theory that criminals usually return to the scene of the crime.
- An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin the ria, from Greek theri , from theros, spectator : probably the, a viewing + -oros, seeing (from horn, to see)
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