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noun | verb conjectureconjecture1 /kənˈdʒɛktʃɚ/ noun formal ETYMOLOGYconjecture1Origin: 1300-1400 Latin conjectura, from conicere to throw together, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + jacere to throw ► pure conjecture What she said was pure conjecture. 1[uncountable] the act of guessing about things when you do not have enough information: There has been some conjecture about a possible merger. What she said was pure conjecture.2[countable] an idea or opinion formed by guessing SYN guess: My results show that this conjecture was, in fact, correct.3[countable] math a fact that you think is true as a result of deductive reasoning—conjectural adjective noun | verb conjectureconjecture2 verb [intransitive, transitive] formal VERB TABLEconjecture |
Present | I, you, we, they | conjecture | | he, she, it | conjectures | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | conjectured | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have conjectured | | he, she, it | has conjectured | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had conjectured | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will conjecture | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have conjectured |
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Present | I | am conjecturing | | he, she, it | is conjecturing | | you, we, they | are conjecturing | Past | I, he, she, it | was conjecturing | | you, we, they | were conjecturing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been conjecturing | | he, she, it | has been conjecturing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been conjecturing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be conjecturing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been conjecturing |
to form an idea or opinion without having much information to base it on SYN guess, hypothesize: “Maybe Burt is jealous,” Isabelle conjectured.conjecture that Sam conjectured that what happened to Dave might happen to him. |