conjecture en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- audio Queensland
- [kʰənˈd͡ʒekt͡ʃə] (Australia)
- [kʰənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃɚ] ~ [kʰənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃɹ̩] (Canada, General-American)
- [kʰənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə] (Received-Pronunciation)
- (California) audio
- /kənˈd͡ʒekt͡ʃə/ (Australia)
- /kənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /kənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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 кида́ть (kidátʹ)).
Meanings
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(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.
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(countable, formal, uncountable) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
- (countable, uncountable) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Interpretation of signs and omens.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conjectures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Collatz conjecture · Polignac's conjecture · Gilbreath's conjecture · Cramér's conjecture · Pacman conjecture · Keller's conjecture · Oesterlé-Masser conjecture · Dixmier conjecture · twin prime conjecture · honeycomb conjecture · Szpiro's conjecture · Zarankiewicz's crossing number conjecture · Poincaré conjecture · Elliott-Halberstam conjecture · Ramanujan-Petersson conjecture · metaconjecture · Langlands conjecture · Mach's conjecture · Fuglede's conjecture · Meyniel's conjecture · conjecturingly · Ramanujan conjecture · Goldbach's conjecture · abc conjecture · Beal conjecture · Pólya's conjecture · Ilieff's conjecture · Beal's conjecture · Hedetniemi's conjecture · Dickson's conjecture · Singmaster's conjecture · Legendre's conjecture · Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture · Heawood conjecture · Thurston's geometrization conjecture · Sendov's conjecture · double bubble conjecture · SYZ conjecture · Leopoldt's conjecture · misconjecture · Brocard's conjecture · Jacobian conjecture · Lehmer's conjecture
Relateds
Translations (128)
hu feltevés (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · ja 忖度 (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · el εικασία (unproven statement; guess) · hu találgatás (unproven statement; guess) · nb antakelse (unproven statement; guess) · fr conjecture (unproven statement; guess) · hu sejtés (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · sh spekulacija (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · gd tomhas (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · gd barail (unproven statement; guess) · es conjetura (unproven statement; guess) · nb konjektur (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · mi pūmāramarama (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · sv förmodan (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · de Vermutung (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · hu feltételezés (unproven statement; guess) · sv förmodan (unproven statement; guess) · de Mutmaßung (unproven statement; guess) · nb gjetting (unproven statement; guess) · it congettura (unproven statement; guess) · ru дога́дка (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · mi pūmāramarama (unproven statement; guess) · fi arvelu (unproven statement; guess) · az fərz (unproven statement; guess) · he השערה (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · de Vermutung (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · az güman (unproven statement; guess) · az təxmin (unproven statement; guess) · pl teoria (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · fi olettamus (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · cmn 推測 /推测 (unproven statement; guess) · gd tuairmse (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · fr conjecture (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · ar اِفْتِرَاض (unproven statement; guess) · ru предположе́ние (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · sv förmodan (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · nn konjektur (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · cs konjektura (unproven statement; guess) · fi hypoteesi (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · ro presupunere (unproven statement; guess) · tr konjektür (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · cmn 假說 /假说 (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · nb formodning (unproven statement; guess) · gd barail (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · fi olettamus (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · sh nagađanje (unproven statement; guess) · nl hypothese (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · ro ipoteză (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · bg предположение (unproven statement; guess) · az ehtimal (unproven statement; guess) · hu sejtés (unproven statement; guess) · nl conjectuur (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · tr tahmin (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · hu feltevés (unproven statement; guess) · es conjetura (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · gd tomhas (unproven statement; guess) · ar تَخْمِين (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · de Konjektur (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · ro teoremă (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · nn gissing (unproven statement; guess) · sa तर्क (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · nl giswerk (unproven statement; guess) · ru предположе́ние (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · pl przypuszczenie (unproven statement; guess) · gd tuairmse (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · cmn 猜想 (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · ru дога́дка (unproven statement; guess) · bg догадка (unproven statement; guess) · bg догадка (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · de Hypothese (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · nl conjectuur (unproven statement; guess) · pt conjectura (unproven statement; guess) · cs domněnka (unproven statement; guess) · tr konjektür (unproven statement; guess) · fi väite (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · nl hypothese (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · el υπόθεση (unproven statement; guess) · la coniectūra (unproven statement; guess) · pt conjetura (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · el υπόθεση (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · gd barail (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · sh hipoteza (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · de Verdacht (unproven statement; guess) · ota تقدیر (unproven statement; guess) · pt conjetura (unproven statement; guess) · de Vermutung (unproven statement; guess) · nl vermoeden (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · ota تقدیر (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · ru предположе́ние (unproven statement; guess) · sv hypotes (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · nb gjetning (unproven statement; guess) · sh pretpostavka (unproven statement; guess) · ro ipoteză (unproven statement; guess) · is tilgáta (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · gd tuairmse (unproven statement; guess) · el υπόθεση (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · ar فَرَضِيَّة (unproven statement; guess) · nn gjetting (unproven statement; guess) · fi arvaus (unproven statement; guess) · ja 推測 (unproven statement; guess) · gl conxetura (unproven statement; guess) · nl vermoeden (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · cs dohad (unproven statement; guess) · de Hypothese (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · fr conjecture (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · pl hipoteza (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · fi otaksuma (unproven statement; guess) · ro supoziție (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · ga buille faoi thuairim (unproven statement; guess) · nl gissing (unproven statement; guess) · nb gjettverk (unproven statement; guess) · ru гипо́теза (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · nb formodning (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · sh pretpostavka (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · pt hipótese (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · es conjetura (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · fi otaksuma (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · mi pūmāramarama (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · pl domysł (unproven statement; guess) · sh pretpostavka (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · mi tāiringa kōrero (unproven statement; guess) · cmn 臆測 /臆测 (unproven statement; guess) · sk konjektúra (unproven statement; guess) · hu hipotézis (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) · fi olettamus (unproven statement; guess) · az fərziyyə (unproven statement; guess) · pt conjectura (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) · cmn 猜想 (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)