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to conjecture
01
to form an idea or opinion about something with limited information or unclear evidence
Transitive: to conjecture that
Intransitive: to conjecture about sth
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
conjecture
3rd person singular
conjectures
Past simple
conjectured
Past participle
conjectured
Examples
When the news spread about the missing person, neighbors started to conjecture about the possible reasons for their disappearance.
Conjecture
01
an idea that is based on guesswork and not facts
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
conjectures
Examples
The detective 's conjecture about the suspect's motives proved to be incorrect.
02
a hypothesis in mathematics or science that appears true but lacks a formal proof
Examples
One of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory is the Goldbach conjecture.
03
a proposed restoration of corrupted, missing, or unclear text based on scholarly inference
Examples
The editor 's conjecture restored the lost phrase in the medieval manuscript.
