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Definition of conjecture verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

conjecture

 verb
verb
NAmE//kənˈdʒɛktʃər//
 
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they conjecture
 
 he / she / it conjectures
 
 past simple conjectured
 
 -ing form conjecturing
 
 
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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. conjecture something to do something The remains are conjectured to be thousands of years old.
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