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Defenition of the word conjecture

    • Defenition of the word conjecture

      • A tentative solution or generalisation inferred from collected data.
      • To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
      • To suppose with contestable premises.
      • reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
      • a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
      • to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps."
      • 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"
      • to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
      • a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
      • to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

    Synonyms for the word conjecture

      • guess
      • hypothecate
      • hypothesis
      • hypothesize
      • speculate
      • speculation
      • suppose
      • supposition
      • surmise
      • theorise
      • theorize

    Hyponyms for the word conjecture

      • construct
      • develop
      • divination
      • explicate
      • formulate
      • reconstruct
      • retrace
      • supposal
      • supposition
      • theorisation
      • theorization

    Hypernyms for the word conjecture

      • abstract thought
      • anticipate
      • expect
      • hypothesis
      • logical thinking
      • opinion
      • possibility
      • reasoning
      • theory
      • view

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