Conjecture - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
verb
Extra examples
The biography includes conjectures about the writer's earliest ambitions.
Most of the book is conjecture, not fact.
Some have conjectured that the distant planet could sustain life.
We only conjecture about his motives.
Her conjecture that the election would be a landslide proved to be true.
What she said was pure conjecture.
There has been some conjecture about a possible merger.
My results show that this conjecture was, in fact, correct.
It seems reasonable to conjecture that these conditions breed violence.
We'll never know exactly how she died; we can only conjecture.
It is pure conjecture.
The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
Word forms
I/you/we/they: conjecture
he/she/it: conjectures
present participle: conjecturing
past tense: conjectured
past participle: conjectured
singular: conjecture
plural: conjectures
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