conjecture
Meaning of conjecture
- 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.
- (philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- Interpretation of signs and omens.
- To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
- To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
Information about conjecture
- The plural form of conjecture is: conjectures.
- Languages in which conjecture is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of conjecture
con-jec-ture
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- conjecture is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
conjecture synonyms
Meaning speculation:
Meaning guess:
guess, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
Meaning speculate:
speculate, theorize, hypothesize, hypothecate, suppose
Translation of conjecture
- French: supposition, estimation, conjecture, supposer, théoriser, hypothéquer, spéculer
- German: Vermutung
- Spanish: conjetura, especular, hipotetizar, conjeturar, teorizar
- Italian: supporre, speculare, teorizzare, congetturare
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