in theory
US /ɪn ˈθiəri/
・UK /in ˈθiəri/
B2
adv.AdverbAccording to the stated ideas or principles
In theory, this plan should work, but I'm not sure about the practical aspects.
phr.PhraseAccording to the theoretical possibilities rather than actual practice.
In theory, this should work, but in practice, it might fail.
Video subtitles
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
- It is doable in theory.
It is doable in theory.
- army of modified super soldiers? It is doable in theory? Scenarios like this one
army of modified super soldiers? It is doable in theory? Scenarios like this one
How Retailers Like T.J. Maxx And Home Depot Quietly Target 'Problem' Returners
- Meaning in theory, even a shopper who is operating within the bounds of a return policy could get penalized.
Meaning in theory, even a shopper who is operating within the bounds of a return policy could get penalized.
- Meaning, in theory, even a shopper who is operating within the bounds of a return policy could get penalized.
Meaning, in theory, even a shopper who is operating within the bounds of a return policy could get penalized.
Are You Being Charged More Than Everyone Else?
- After all, in theory, everyone's paying what they think is a fair price, but
After all, in theory, everyone's paying what they think is a fair price, but
- After all, in theory, everyone's paying
After all, in theory, everyone's paying
How Your Birth Month Impacts Your Success
- In theory, these gaps represent the "Missed Stars".
In theory, these gaps represent the "Missed Stars".
- In theory, these gaps represent the missed stars: teenagers that had the potential but never made it as athletes because of the month they were born in, whereas this gap represents the athletes that are "not talented" teenagers that wouldn't have made it as athletes if the rules were even.
In theory, these gaps represent the missed stars: teenagers that had the potential but never made it as athletes because of the month they were born in, whereas this gap represents the athletes that are "not talented" teenagers that wouldn't have made it as athletes if the rules were even.
How Do We Produce Food? Crash Course Geography #43
- The Filipino workers still had ownership of the land in theory,
The Filipino workers still had ownership of the land in theory,
- The Filipino workers still had ownership of the land in theory, but in practice, they
The Filipino workers still had ownership of the land in theory, but in practice, they
COLOR ANALYSIS Simply Explained | How to Find Your Personal Color Palette
- different in theory everything is quite simple in schematic but in practice
different in theory everything is quite simple in schematic but in practice
- In theory, everything is quite simple and schematic,
In theory, everything is quite simple and schematic,
My life changed when I stopped giving a f*ck | The Law of Detachment
- So in one of my past relationships, I was really just attached to the idea of this future that we were going to have because our trajectories were so aligned, and it all seemed so perfect in theory anyway.
So in one of my past relationships, I was really just attached to the idea of this future that we were going to have because our trajectories were so aligned, and it all seemed so perfect in theory anyway.
- So in one of my past relationships, I was really just attached to the idea of this future that we were going to have because our trajectories were so aligned and it all seemed so perfect, in theory anyway,
So in one of my past relationships, I was really just attached to the idea of this future that we were going to have because our trajectories were so aligned and it all seemed so perfect, in theory anyway,
The Project-Based Learning Method
- With Mr. Lisson, all kids might learn something about towers, a few might learn some engineering and one could, in theory, learn to construct an ideal tower structure.
With Mr. Lisson, all kids might learn something about towers, a few might learn some engineering and one could, in theory, learn to construct an ideal tower structure.
- and one could, in theory, learn to construct an ideal tower structure.
and one could, in theory, learn to construct an ideal tower structure.
The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love
- The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme. Why would anyone take steps to deny themselves an experience which seems so plainly positive and life-enhancing? Plenty of people are denied love by external forces. Why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them? The answer can only be found by looking back in time. Though we all crave love in theory, our capacity to accept it in practice is critically dependent on the quality of our early emotional experiences. To abbreviate sharply, we can only willingly tolerate being loved if, as children, the process of loving and being loved felt sufficiently reliable, safe and kind. Some of us were not so blessed. Some of us were stymied in our search for love in ways we have not yet recovered from or fully understood. Perhaps the person we wanted to love fell ill or grew depressed. Or at the height of our dependence on them, they went away or had a new family or turned their attention to a younger sibling.
The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme. Why would anyone take steps to deny themselves an experience which seems so plainly positive and life-enhancing? Plenty of people are denied love by external forces. Why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them? The answer can only be found by looking back in time. Though we all crave love in theory, our capacity to accept it in practice is critically dependent on the quality of our early emotional experiences. To abbreviate sharply, we can only willingly tolerate being loved if, as children, the process of loving and being loved felt sufficiently reliable, safe and kind. Some of us were not so blessed. Some of us were stymied in our search for love in ways we have not yet recovered from or fully understood. Perhaps the person we wanted to love fell ill or grew depressed. Or at the height of our dependence on them, they went away or had a new family or turned their attention to a younger sibling.
- Though we all crave love in theory, our capacity to accept it in practice is critically dependent on the quality of our early emotional experiences.
Though we all crave love in theory, our capacity to accept it in practice is critically dependent on the quality of our early emotional experiences.
"Most People Have No Idea What's About To Happen"
- Even if you take Ronald Reagan who passed one of the largest tax cuts in American history, he thought that I'm gonna cut taxes, the economy is going to grow faster and we're going to generate much more income from a bigger economy so that will benefit everyone else, that's a really great idea in theory,
Even if you take Ronald Reagan who passed one of the largest tax cuts in American history, he thought that I'm gonna cut taxes, the economy is going to grow faster and we're going to generate much more income from a bigger economy so that will benefit everyone else, that's a really great idea in theory,
- That's a really great idea in theory, but when you suddenly cut so much taxes, the government's budget is going to dry up and you will have to get that money from somewhere and that somewhere is always borrowing it from investors.
That's a really great idea in theory, but when you suddenly cut so much taxes, the government's budget is going to dry up and you will have to get that money from somewhere and that somewhere is always borrowing it from investors.