conjecture

CEFRC1

/kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An opinion based on incomplete information.

  2. 02

    verb

    To guess something based on limited evidence.

Examples

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

  • The entire public and political debate is based on conjecture, not on fact.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /kənˈd͡ʒek.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.

  2. A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

  3. A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.

More examples

In context

  • I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.

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

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

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

Without any evidence, his explanation was pure blank and not a fact.

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Origin

noun

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)).