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   Con·jec·ture

   /kənˈjek(t)SHər/

   

   noun

   • 1. an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information: "conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied"
   • ▪ an unproven mathematical or scientific theorem: "the Goldbach conjecture"
   • ▪ (in textual criticism) the suggestion or reconstruction of a reading of a text not present in the original source.

   verb

   • 1. form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information: "many conjectured that the jury could not agree"
   • ▪ (in textual criticism) propose (a reading).

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘to divine’ and ‘divination’): from Old French, or from Latin conjectura, from conicere ‘put together in thought’, from con- ‘together’ + jacere ‘throw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. conjecturable adjective

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