Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, formal, uncountable)A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.

    I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.

    Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung

    предположе́ниеpredpoložénije, дога́дкаdogádka

  2. (countable, formal, uncountable)A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

    The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.

    Vermutung, Hypothese, Konjektur

    гипо́тезаgipóteza, предположе́ниеpredpoložénije, дога́дкаdogádka

    a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

  3. (countable, uncountable)A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.

    Vermutung, Hypothese

    предположе́ниеpredpoložénije

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Interpretation of signs and omens.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. That's pure conjecture.

    ruЭто чисто предположение.

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  2. However, that was just my conjecture.

    ruВпрочем, это было только мое предположение.

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  3. Tom claims he proved Goldbach's conjecture.

    Том стверджує, що він довів гіпотезу Гольдбаха.

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  4. In any case, you are wrong in your conjecture.

    ruВ любом случае вы не правы в своей догадке.

    deAuf jeden Fall ist deine Annahme falsch.

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  5. Tom spent 30 years trying to prove the Beal conjecture.

    Том витратив 30 років, намагаючись довести гіпотезу Гольдбаха.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
unproven statement; guess:
supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
unproven statement; guess:
supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis:

Origin

From Old French, from Latin coniectūra (“a guess”), from coniectus, perfect passive partic

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.

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Forms

plural: conjectures
Singularconjecture
Pluralconjectures

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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