CONJECTURE

conjecture

(noun) reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

speculation, conjecture

(noun) 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, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis

(noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose

(verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; “Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

conjecture (countable and uncountable, plural conjectures)

(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.

(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

(mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.

(obsolete) Interpretation of signs and omens.

Synonyms

• halseny

• See also supposition

Verb

conjecture (third-person singular simple present conjectures, present participle conjecturing, simple past and past participle conjectured)

(formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.

(transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*jec"ture, n. Etym: [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.]

Definition: 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.] Etym: [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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