conjecture
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- noun
- /kənˈdʒɛk.tʃɚ/
- After examining the data, scientists concluded that their initial conjecture was incorrect.
- a matter of conjecture
- make a conjecture
- support a conjecture
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Watch on YouTubeAnd maybe you can bring this, this other conjecture up as you move forward.
- And maybe you can bring this, this other conjecture up as you move forward.
- His happy conjecture was that there is but a single subject.
- That much, that much, incidentally, is not a conjecture.
- All this must be left to the laziness of mere conjecture.
- So that's somebody's conjecture and idea.
- And by the way, on that I should say, you know, there are some conjectures.
- But all of this of course is conjecture based on numbers and pricing and power figures on paper.
Examples
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As of right now, no one has proven this conjecture true or false.
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Upon further reflection, Adam stood by his earlier conjecture that the thieves were neophytes.
Fiction book (1991) -
His happy conjecture was that there is but a single subject.
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And this is not just conjecture, it's not just rumors.
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As such, the regulation of risk cannot simply be based on conjecture about some uncertain risk.
Academic text (2013) -
But let's be clear, a conjecture is something that may or may not be true.
Fiction book (1998) -
Reasonable conjecture leads us to think that it was either glaucoma or or cataracts.
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There has been much conjecture about the cause of the sudden change in temperature.
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His conjecture that alien life exists is based on observations from distant planets.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person's view about something
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1.0
An answer or opinion made without enough information
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4.8
A guess or idea made without enough proof
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4.0
An opinion people have that is not based on proof
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4.7
A guess based on a feeling rather than facts
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6.1
An idea that may explain something but is not yet proven
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2.7
A guess made without enough evidence
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2.3
A feeling that something may be true even without proof
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7.3
An idea that people accept as true without proof
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8.1
An idea accepted as true without proof and used to build a theory
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An idea based on little evidence
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An idea people accept without proof and use to build an argument
A guess without enough facts
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
conjecture = con + ject + ure
Although the form can be analyzed as con- + -ject- + -ure, the meaning 'a guess' is not derivable by a B1 learner from the components (the notion of 'throwing together' does not transparently yield 'hypothesis').
Etymology
The word conjecture comes from the parts con- 'together' and -ject 'to throw', so imagine someone 'throwing together' a few ideas into one quick opinion. So a conjecture is a guess or idea made without full proof.