conjecture
[noun]
Synonyms:
- guess, hypothesis, shot in the dark, speculation, supposition, surmise, theory
[verb]
Synonyms:
- guess, hypothesize, imagine, speculate, suppose, surmise, theorize

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Antonyms: fact
Contrasted words: demonstrate, prove, test, try, ascertain, determine, discover, learn
Related Idioms: hazard a guess, take for granted
Related Words: assume, expect, suspect, believe, deem, feel, conceive, fancy, imagine, conclude, estimate, gather, glean, infer, judge

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I. con‧jec‧ture¹ /kənˈdʒektʃə $ -ər/ noun formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: conjectura, from conicere 'to throw together', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + jacere 'to throw']

1. [uncountable] when you form ideas or opinions without having very much information to base them on:
What she said was pure conjecture.
There has been some conjecture about a possible merger.

2. [countable] an idea or opinion formed by guessing Synonym : guess, hypothesis:
My results show that this conjecture was, in fact, correct.
—conjectural adjective

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II. conjecture² verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
to form an idea or opinion without having much information to base it on Synonym : guess
conjecture that
It seems reasonable to conjecture that these conditions breed violence.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

conjecture
noun
ADJ. pure Whether the business will survive another ten years is pure conjecture.
PREP. ~ about/as to There was a lot of conjecture as to the extent of her wealth.
PHRASES a matter for conjecture, open to conjecture Whether she will run for a second term in office is open to conjecture.

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