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con⋅jec⋅ture
[kuh
n-jek-cher] 
noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof. |
| 2. | an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation. |
| 3. | Obsolete. the interpretation of signs or omens. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to conclude or suppose from grounds or evidence insufficient to ensure reliability. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to form conjectures. |
Origin:
1350–1400; (n.) ME < L conjectūra (< MF) inferring, reasoning, equiv. to conject(us) ptp. of conjicere to throw together, form a conclusion (con- con- + -jicere, comb. form of jacere to throw) + -ūra -ure; (v.) late ME conjecturen (< MF) < LL conjecturāre, deriv. of the n.
1350–1400; (n.) ME < L conjectūra (< MF) inferring, reasoning, equiv. to conject(us) ptp. of conjicere to throw together, form a conclusion (con- con- + -jicere, comb. form of jacere to throw) + -ūra -ure; (v.) late ME conjecturen (< MF) < LL conjecturāre, deriv. of the n.
Related forms:
con⋅jec⋅tur⋅a⋅ble, adjective
con⋅jec⋅tur⋅a⋅bly, adverb
con⋅jec⋅tur⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
2. surmise, inference, supposition, theory, hypothesis. 4. surmise, suppose, presume. See guess.
2. surmise, inference, supposition, theory, hypothesis. 4. surmise, suppose, presume. See guess.
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| con·jec·ture (kən-jěk'chər) n.
v. tr. To infer from inconclusive evidence; guess. 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·a·bly adv., con·jec'tur·er n. |
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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. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. --Whewell. Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. --Milton.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. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. --South.Conjecture
Con*jec"ture\, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
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Language Translation for : conjecture
Spanish:
conjetura, suposición,
German:
die Mutmaßung,
Japanese:
推測
conjecture
c.1384, from L. conjectura "conclusion, interpretation," from conjectus, pp. of conicere "to throw together," from com- "together" + jacere "to throw." Originally of interpretation of signs and omens; sense of "forming of opinion without proof" is 1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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