conjecture
Pronunciation: /kənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə/
The English word “conjecture” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
- A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- Interpretation of signs and omens.
verb
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin coniectūra (“a guess”), from coniectus, perfect passive participle of cōniciō (“throw or cast together; guess”), from con- (“together”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”); see jet. Compare adjective, eject, inject, project, reject, subject, object, trajectory, deject, abject, surjection, bijection, interject. Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ) (akin to…
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