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conjecture
noun(con-jec-ture)
inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence
conjecture
noun(con-jec-ture)
a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork
conjecture
noun(con-jec-ture)
a proposition (as in mathematics) before it has been proved or disproved
conjecture
verb(con-jec-ture)
to arrive at or deduce by surmise or guesswork : guess
conjecture
verb(con-jec-ture)
to make conjectures as to
conjecture
verb(con-jec-ture)
to form conjectures
conjecture
noun phrase(con-jec-ture)
—used to say that something is based on an idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence

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