Legal. Require. Formula. Theory. Interpret

Legal

/ ˈli gəl /

(adj) relating to the law

● She hired a lawyer to help settle her legal problems.

● We didn't know if it was legal or not.

● It is not legal in every state to buy and sell fireworks although it seems like everyone always has them for major holidays like July 4th.

Other words in this family: illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally

Require

/ ɹɪˈkwaɪəɹ /

(v) to need something; to make it necessary for someone to do something

● He is very sick and requires constant care.

● The government requires me to take an additional 3,200 hours of classes.

● We, of course, require a gun permit in the state of Tennessee.

Other words in this family: required, requirement, requirements, requires, requiring

Formula

/ ˈfɔɹ mjə lə /

(n) a plan or method for doing, making, or achieving something

● His investment strategy is based on a simple formula.

● There's not just one formula for success.

● The formula is simple: combine the ingredients with the water and bake.

Other words in this family: formulae, formulas, formulate, formulated, formulating, formulation, formulations, reformulate, reformulated, reformulating, reformulation, reformulations

Theory

/ ˈθi ə ɹi, ˈθɪəɹ i /

(n) an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events; an idea that is possibly true but not known or proven to be true

● I've been reading Darwin's theories of evolution.

● My theory is Venice is sinking because it just was not constructed to hold all those crowds all day long.

● Do you have a theory on why that is?

Other words in this family: theoretical, theoretically, theories, theorist, theorists

Interpret

/ ɪnˈtɜɹ pɹɪt /

(v) to explain the meaning of something; to understand in a certain way; to translate

● The team is trying to interpret the results from their study.

● Normally, we interpret these physical changes as anxiety.

● He interpreted the conversation between the leaders.

Other words in this family: interpretation, interpretations, interpretative, interpreted, interpreting, interpretive, interprets, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, misinterpreted, misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret, reinterpretation, reinterpretations, reinterpreted, reinterpreting, reinterprets

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