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Conjecture 1100 Words You Need

Conjecture 1100 Words You Need

/kənˈdʒek.tʃəʳ/ (noun & verb)

Conjecture definition

(the forming of) a guess about something based on how it seems and not on proof, guesswork, estimation, inference, speculation, surmise, assumption, supposition – to guess based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof, estimate, imagine, speculate, infer, assume, suppose:

Example

In mathematics, a conjecture is a conclusion or proposition based on incomplete information, for which no proof or disproof has yet been found.

There’s been a lot of conjecture in the papers recently about the royal marriage.

We’ll never know exactly how she died; we can only conjecture.

He conjectured that the company would soon be in financial difficulties.

Antonyms

certainty, be certain

Parts of speech

Adjective: conjectural, conjecturable

Adverb: conjecturably


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