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conjecture::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
| Type of | expect, anticipate |
| Has types | develop, explicate, formulate, reconstruct, retrace, construct |
conjecture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
| Type of | opinion, view |
| Has types | divination |
| Derivation | conjectural |
conjecture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | speculation |
| Type of | hypothesis, possibility, theory |
| Derivation | conjectural |
he dismissed it as mere conjecture.
conjecture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | logical thinking, reasoning, abstract thought |
| Has types | theorization, supposal, supposition, theorisation |
| Derivation | conjectural |
Examples of conjecture
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The final few weeks before a new F1 season are customarily ripe with conjecture.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Each faction has its own minicampaign based on historical events and conjecture.
From the sacbee.com
The really intriguing conjecture is that women's music is in some way different.
From the economist.com
How well-equipped and numerous the Islamic extremists are is open to conjecture.
From the guardian.co.uk
He, you know, and there's a lot of conjecture that he really wanted to come out.
From the huffingtonpost.com
The first demonstration of this conjecture was published in 2008 been published.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Statements written in the article must be based on facts rather than conjecture.
From the en.wikipedia.org
However, as hypothesis is molded by experiment, conjecture is superseded by fact.
From the newscientist.com
Cue a welter of conjecture and misinformation on the social networking website.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Speculate: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
- Speculation: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
- Guess: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
- A conjecture is a proposition that is unproven but appears correct and has not been disproven. Karl Popper pioneered the use of the term "conjecture" in scientific philosophy. ...
- Conjecture (conjectural emendation) is a critical reconstruction of the original reading of a clearly corrupt, contaminated, nonsensical or illegible textual fragment. ...
- A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess; A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis; 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 ...
- An educated guess or opinion; a hypothesis
- A conjecture is a statement which, although much evidence can be found to support it, has not been proved to be either true or false.
