Conjecture



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• v. / n. 推测, 臆测
• ［英］ v. / n. 推测, 臆测 ( prediction based on guesswork)
• ［类］ 反义词: restrain from the speculation ( 不准猜测) ; fact ( 事实)
• ［记］ con＋ject ( 推, 扔) ＋ure -> 全部是推测出来的 -> 臆测
• ［同］ 同根词: reject ( 拒绝) ; projectile ( 抛射体)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin conjectura, from conjectus, past participle of conicere, literally, to throw together, from com- + jacere to throw — more at jet
• Date: 14th century
• 1. obsolete
  • a. interpretation of omens
  • b. supposition
• 2.
  • a. inference from defective or presumptive evidence
  • b. a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork
  • c. a proposition (as in mathematics) before it has been proved or disproved

II. verb (-tured; conjecturing)

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to arrive at or deduce by conjecture ; guess <scientists conjecturing that a disease is caused by a defective gene
  • 2. to make conjectures as to <conjecture the meaning of a statement
• intransitive verb
  • to form conjectures
• ? conjecturer noun

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