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- [kuh n-jek-cher]
- /kənˈdʒɛk tʃər/
- /kənˈdʒek.tʃər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuh n-jek-cher]
- /kənˈdʒɛk tʃər/
Definitions of conjecture word
- variable noun conjecture A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete. 3
- verb conjecture When you conjecture, you form an opinion or reach a conclusion on the basis of information that is not certain or complete. 3
- noun conjecture the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence; guess 3
- noun conjecture the inference or conclusion so formed 3
- noun conjecture interpretation of occult signs 3
- verb conjecture to infer or arrive at (an opinion, conclusion, etc) from incomplete evidence 3
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Origin of conjecture
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; (noun) Middle English < Latin conjectūra (< Middle French) inferring, reasoning, equivalent to conject(us) past participle of conjicere to throw together, form a conclusion (con- con- + -jicere, combining form of jacere to throw) + -ūra -ure; (v.) late Middle English conjecturen (< Middle French) < Late Latin conjecturāre, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Conjecture
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conjecture popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for conjecture
verb conjecture
- gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- feel — to perceive or examine by touch.
- fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
noun conjecture
- guesswork — work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
- inference — the act or process of inferring.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
- supposition — the act of supposing.
Antonyms for conjecture
verb conjecture
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- prove — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
noun conjecture
- proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
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