conjecture
noun/kənˈdʒektʃə(r)/
/kənˈdʒektʃər/
(formal)- [countable] an opinion or idea that is not based on definite knowledge and is formed by guessing synonym guess
- The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- just
- mere
- …
- conjecture about
- conjecture as to
- a matter for conjecture
- open to conjecture
- [uncountable] the act of forming an opinion or idea that is not based on definite knowledge
- What was going through the killer's mind is a matter for conjecture.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- just
- mere
- …
- conjecture about
- conjecture as to
- a matter for conjecture
- open to conjecture
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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