conjecture
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[edit] Etymology
< Latin coniectura (“‘a guess’”) < coniectus, pp. of coniicere (“‘to guess, to throw or cast together’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + iacere (“‘to throw’”); see jet. Cf. adjective, eject, inject, project, reject, subject, object, trajectory.
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conjecture (countable and uncountable; plural conjectures)
- A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
- I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
- A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
- (mathematics) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- (obsolete) The interpretation of signs and omens.
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- See also Wikisaurus:supposition
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An unproven statement; guess
A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
[edit] Verb
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to conjecture (third-person singular simple present conjectures, present participle conjecturing, simple past and past participle conjectured)
- (intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
- I don't know if it is true; I'm just conjecturing here.
[edit] Translations
to guess
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[edit] External links
- “conjecture” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- "conjecture" at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.

