About The Word Conjecture
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Conjecture
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What's The Definition Of Conjecture?
[n] reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
[n] 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" [n] a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [v] to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps." Synonyms | Synonyms for Conjecture: guess | hypothecate | hypothesis | hypothesise | hypothesize | speculate | speculation | speculation | suppose | supposition | surmisal | surmise | theorise | theorize Related Terms | Find terms related to Conjecture: assume | assumption | axiom | believe | blind guess | bold conjecture | conceive | conclude | deem | estimate | expect | fancy | feel | gather | give a guess | glean | guess | guesswork | hazard a conjecture | hunch | hypothesis | imagine | infer | inference | judge | perhaps | postulate | postulation | postulatum | premise | presume | presumption | presupposal | presupposition | pretend | proposition | risk assuming | rough guess | set of postulates | shot | speculation | stab | supposal | suppose | supposing | supposition | surmise | suspect | take for granted | tentatively suggest | thesis | think | unverified supposition | venture a guess | wild guess | working hypothesis See Also | abstract thought | anticipate | construct | develop | expect | explicate | formulate | hypothesis | logical thinking | opinion | possibility | reasoning | reconstruct | retrace | supposal | supposition | theorisation | theorization | theory | view Conjecture In Webster's Dictionary \Con*jec"ture\ (; 135?), n. [L. conjectura, fr.
conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture;
con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See {Jet} a
shooting forth.]
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive
evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first
loose conjecture by a real study of nature. --Whewell.
Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. --Milton.
\Con*jec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conjectured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conjecturing}.] [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. {Conject}.] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. --South. \Con*jec"ture\, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. |
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