conjecture
verb/kənˈdʒektʃə(r)/
/kənˈdʒektʃər/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they conjecture | /kənˈdʒektʃə(r)/ /kənˈdʒektʃər/ |
| he / she / it conjectures | /kənˈdʒektʃəz/ /kənˈdʒektʃərz/ |
| past simple conjectured | /kənˈdʒektʃəd/ /kənˈdʒektʃərd/ |
| past participle conjectured | /kənˈdʒektʃəd/ /kənˈdʒektʃərd/ |
| -ing form conjecturing | /kənˈdʒektʃərɪŋ/ /kənˈdʒektʃərɪŋ/ |
- to form an opinion about something even though you do not have much information on it synonym guess
- conjecture (about something) We can only conjecture about what was in the killer's mind.
- conjecture what/how, etc… We can only conjecture what was in the killer’s mind.
- conjecture that… He conjectured that the population might double in ten years.
- conjecture something She conjectured the existence of a completely new species.
- be conjectured to be/have/do something The remains are conjectured to be thousands of years old.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘to divine’ and ‘divination’): from Old French, or from Latin conjectura, from conicere ‘put together in thought’, from con- ‘together’ + jacere ‘throw’.
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