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Definition of "conjecture" []
- Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork. (noun)
- A statement, opinion, or conclusion based on guesswork: The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election. (noun)
- To infer from inconclusive evidence; guess. (verb-transitive)
- To make a conjecture. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "conjecture" in a sentence
- "The word conjecture was all over it: it was full of disclaimers and hedgings, and it raised the hair on the back of his neck, regardless."
- "Such conjecture is not only legitimate; it's necessary and urgent."
- "For some time I was lost in conjecture as to the cause of this; but yesterday an idea struck me, and if it is well founded, I conjure you to avow it."
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