conjecture
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
conjecture
- (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess#Noun|guess.
- I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
- (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
- (mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- (obsolete) interpretation#Noun|Interpretation of signs and omens.
- halseny
- See also Thesaurus:supposition
- French: conjecture
- German: Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung
- Italian: congettura
- Portuguese: conjetura, conjectura
- Russian: предположе́ние
- Spanish: conjetura, suposición, especulación, teoría
- French: conjecture
- German: Vermutung, Hypothese, Konjektur
- Portuguese: hipótese
- Russian: гипо́теза
- Spanish: conjetura, suposición, especulación, teoría, hipótesis
- French: conjecture
- German: Vermutung, Hypothese
- Portuguese: conjetura, conjectura
- Russian: предположе́ние
- Spanish: conjetura, suposición, especulación, teoría
conjecture (conjectures, present participle conjecturing; past and past participle conjectured)
- (formal, intransitive) To guess#Verb|guess; to venture an unproven idea.
- I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
- (transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
- Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.
- French: conjecturer
- German: vermuten, mutmaßen, spekulieren
- Italian: congetturare
- Portuguese: conjeturar
- Russian: гада́ть
- Spanish: conjeturar, barruntar, especular
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