CONJECTURE


Meaning of CONJECTURE in English

I. con ‧ jec ‧ ture 1 /kənˈdʒektʃə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun formal

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: conjectura , from conicere 'to throw together' , from com- ( ⇨ COM- ) + jacere 'to throw' ]

1 . [uncountable] when you form ideas or opinions without having very much information to base them on:

What she said was pure conjecture.

There has been some conjecture about a possible merger.

2 . [countable] an idea or opinion formed by guessing SYN guess , hypothesis :

My results show that this conjecture was, in fact, correct.

—conjectural adjective

II. conjecture 2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] formal

to form an idea or opinion without having much information to base it on SYN guess

conjecture that

It seems reasonable to conjecture that these conditions breed violence.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.