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Definition of Conjecture
1. Verb. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. "They Conjecture that there was a traffic accident "; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Specialized synonyms: Construct, Reconstruct, Retrace, Develop, Explicate, Formulate
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Expect
Derivative terms: Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Speculation, Speculative, Speculator, Supposal, Supposition, Theorisation, Theoriser, Theory, Theory, Theorizer, Theory, Theory
2. Noun. A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence). "He dismissed it as mere conjecture"
Generic synonyms: Hypothesis, Possibility, Theory
Derivative terms: Conjectural, Speculate
3. Noun. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
Generic synonyms: Opinion, View
Specialized synonyms: Divination
Derivative terms: Conjectural, Guess, Guess, Guess, Hypothecate, Hypothesize, Hypothetical, Speculate, Suppose, Suppositional, Suppositious, Supposititious, Surmise, Surmise, Surmise
4. Noun. Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence.
Specialized synonyms: Theorisation, Theorization, Supposal, Supposition
Derivative terms: Conjectural
Definition of Conjecture
1. n. An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
2. v. t. To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
3. v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
Definition of Conjecture
1. Noun. (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess. ¹
2. Noun. (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis. ¹
3. Noun. (mathematics philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally (proven). ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Interpretation of signs and omens. ¹
5. Verb. (formal intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conjecture
1. [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conjecture
Literary usage of Conjecture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1864)
"Yet if there needs any conjecture, the more probable one will be, that Milton,
who was never careless of his future fame, had his poem read to him after it ..."
2. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: To which are Now First Added, I. An by John Locke (1828)
"... an extravagant conjecture of mine, viz. that since we have some reason (if
there be any credit to be given to the report of things that our philosophy ..."
3. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"As I cannot find leisure to see you, I will take it kindly that you let me know,
by a single line, what you think of my conjecture.—Meantime, in great haste ..."
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