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Meanings of conjecture in English
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
Portuguese
teorizar Catalan
conjecturar To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
Russian
конъектура Spanish
conjetura Critical reconstruction of a clearly contaminated or illegible textual fragment.
Usage of conjecture in English
1
For a long time this subject was simply a matter of conjecture.
2
I am, of course, not allowed to respond to that conjecture directly.
3
Whether or not this is fair remains entirely a matter of conjecture.
4
It's almost impossible for journalists to cover celebrities without collapsing into conjecture.
5
The conjecture was absurd; she was the victim of some optical illusion.
6
But all this is conjecture, no matter how possible it may be.
7
But in this conjecture, however natural, the reader will find himself mistaken.
8
But it is unlikely to prevent continuing conjecture that he was involved.
9
Lost in conjecture and full of misgivings, I ran to the house.
10
In the second case, Trier, we may conjecture a similar official origin.
11
That is not conjecture; it is susceptible of proof by eye witnesses.
12
He had let conjecture grow to conclusion in the most reckless fashion.
13
The true motive for his imprisonment remains still buried in obscure conjecture.
14
Guy was right in his conjecture that Bax had cut the rope.
15
Don't ask me to explain or even conjecture about what I burned.
16
Here we leave the laws of physics for the land of conjecture.
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Translations for conjecture
Spanish
Conjecture through the time
Conjecture across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common