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con·jec·ture C0572000 (kən-jĕk′chər)n.1. Opinion or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.2. An opinion or conclusion based on guesswork: The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.v. con·jec·tured, con·jec·tur·ing, con·jec·tures v.tr. To judge or conclude by conjecture; guess: "From the comparative silence below ... I conjectured that Mr Rochester was now at liberty" (Charlotte Brontë).v.intr. To make a conjecture.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin coniectūra, from coniectus, past participle of conicere, to infer : com-, com- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
con·jec′tur·a·ble adj.con·jec′tur·al adj.con·jec′tur·al·ly adv.con·jec′tur·er n.conjectural (kənˈdʒɛktʃərəl) adjinvolving or inclined to conjecture conˈjecturally advcon•jec•tur•al (kənˈdʒɛk tʃər əl)
adj. 1. of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical; speculative. 2. given to making conjectures. [1545–55; < Latin] con•jec′tur•al•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | conjectural - based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, divinatory, supposedtheoretic, theoretical - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science" |
conjecturaladjective speculative, theoretical, tentative, hypothetical, supposed, academic, surmised, suppositional There is something undeniably conjectural about such claims.conjecturaladjectivePresumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds:hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, presumptive, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive.Translationsconjecture (kənˈdʒektʃə) noun (an) opinion formed on slight evidence; a guess. He made several conjectures about where his son might be. 猜測 猜测 verb to guess. 猜測 猜测conˈjectural adjective 猜測的 猜测的IdiomsSeeconjectureEncyclopediaSeeConjectureconjectural
Related to conjectural: mincingly, peremptorily, unwontedSynonyms for conjecturaladj speculativeSynonyms- speculative
- theoretical
- tentative
- hypothetical
- supposed
- academic
- surmised
- suppositional
Synonyms for conjecturaladj presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive groundsSynonyms- hypothetic
- hypothetical
- inferential
- presumptive
- supposed
- suppositional
- suppositious
- supposititious
- suppositive
Synonyms for conjecturaladj based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidenceSynonyms- hypothetic
- hypothetical
- suppositional
- suppositious
- supposititious
- divinatory
- supposed
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