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Conjecture
01
an idea that is based on guesswork and not facts
02
reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
03
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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
conjecture
n
conjectural
adj
conjectural
adj
Example
The historian's conjecture about the lost civilization sparked much debate.
The author presented a conjecture about historical events in her latest book.
The detective's conjecture about the suspect's motives proved to be incorrect.
The judge warned against making conjecture without concrete evidence in the trial.
Much of the article was speculative conjecture without reliable sources.
