conjecture (verb)

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• conjecture — I noun assumption, belief, guess, guesswork, hypothesis, imputation, inference, opinion, postulate, postulation, presumption, presupposition, presurmise, speculation, supposal, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, unverified… …   Law dictionary

• conjecture — late 14c., interpretation of signs and omens, from O.Fr. conjecture surmise, guess, or directly from L. coniectura conclusion, interpretation, guess, inference, lit. a casting together (of facts, etc.), from coniectus, pp. of conicere to throw… …   Etymology dictionary

• conjecture — ► NOUN ▪ an opinion or conclusion based on incomplete information; a guess. ► VERB ▪ form a conjecture; guess. DERIVATIVES conjectural adjective. ORIGIN Latin conjectura, from conicere put together in thought …   English terms dictionary

• conjecture — I UK [kənˈdʒektʃə(r)] / US [kənˈdʒektʃər] noun Word forms conjecture : singular conjecture plural conjectures a) [uncountable] the development of a theory or guess based on information that is not complete pure conjecture (= a guess): The cause… …   English dictionary

• conjecture — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin conjectura, from conjectus, past participle of conicere, literally, to throw together, from com + jacere to throw more at jet Date: 14th century 1. obsolete …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• conjecture — con|jec|ture1 [ kən dʒektʃər ] noun uncount the development of a theory or guess based on information that is not complete: purely conjecture (=a guess): The cause of the crash is purely conjecture at this point. a. count a theory or guess based… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• conjecture — [[t]kənʤe̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] conjectures, conjecturing, conjectured 1) N VAR A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete. [FORMAL] That was a conjecture, not a fact... There are several conjectures... The… …   English dictionary

• conjecture — 1 noun formal 1 (U) the act of thinking of reasons, explanations etc without having very much information to base them on: She didn t know the facts, so what she said was pure conjecture. | conjecture about their role in the affair 2 (C) an idea… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• conjecture — 1. noun /kənˈdʒɛk.tʃə,kənˈdʒɛk.tʃɚ/ a) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess. I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not. b) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a… …   Wiktionary

• conjecture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. supposition, hypothesis, extrapolation, speculation, guess; inference, surmise. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inference, theory, guess; see guess , hypothesis , opinion 1 . See Synonym Study at guess . v.… …   English dictionary for students

• conjecture — [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’.… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins