'Conjecture' definitions:

Definition of 'conjecture'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: speculation, conjecture]
noun
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis]
noun
Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
verb
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]

Definition of 'Conjecture'

From: GCIDE
  • Conjecture \Con*jec"ture\ (; 135?), n. [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. [1913 Webster]
  • He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
  • Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Conjecture'

From: GCIDE
  • Conjecture \Con*jec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjectured; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing.] [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. [1913 Webster]
  • Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. --South. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Conjecture'

From: GCIDE
  • Conjecture \Con*jec"ture\, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'conjecture'

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