to conjecture
01
gissa, anta
to form an idea or opinion about something with limited information or unclear evidence
Transitive: to conjecture that
Intransitive: to conjecture about sth
Exempel
When the news spread about the missing person, neighbors started to conjecture about the possible reasons for their disappearance.
När nyheten spreds om den försvunna personen började grannarna spekulera om de möjliga orsakerna till deras försvinnande.
Without clear details, the media conjectured that the sudden resignation of the political figure could be linked to undisclosed controversies.
Utan tydliga detaljer spekulerade media i att den politiska figurens plötsliga avgång kunde kopplas till ouppklarade kontroverser.
Conjecture
01
gissning, antagande
an idea that is based on guesswork and not facts
Exempel
The detective 's conjecture about the suspect's motives proved to be incorrect.
Detektivens gissning om den misstänktes motiv visade sig vara felaktig.
Much of the article was speculative conjecture without reliable sources.
Mycket av artikeln var spekulativ gissning utan tillförlitliga källor.
02
förmodan, hypotes
a hypothesis in mathematics or science that appears true but lacks a formal proof
Exempel
One of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory is the Goldbach conjecture.
Ett av de äldsta olösta problemen i talteorin är Goldbachs förmodan.
Fermat 's Last Theorem was long known as Fermat 's conjecture before it was proved.
Fermats sista sats var länge känd som Fermats förmodan innan den bevisades.
03
gissning, antagande
a proposed restoration of corrupted, missing, or unclear text based on scholarly inference
Exempel
The editor 's conjecture restored the lost phrase in the medieval manuscript.
Redaktörens förmodan återställde den förlorade frasen i den medeltida handskriften.
When the papyrus fragment was damaged, scholars offered conjectures to fill the gaps.
När papyrusfragmentet skadades, erbjöd forskare gissningar för att fylla i luckorna.
