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conjecture

Meanings
  • Noun

    An act of forming an opinion or theory about something, especially from incomplete information.

    - "The detective made a conjecture about the identity of the murderer based on the evidence."
    - "The scientist's conjecture about the cause of the disease was later proven to be incorrect."
  • Noun

    A proposal or suggestion made without certainty or proof.

    - "The politician's conjecture about tax reform was met with skepticism."
    - "The economist's conjecture about the stock market was proved correct when the market crashed."
Pronunciation




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  2. /kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃɚ/



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Synonyms

halseny
Rhymes
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supposition , preposition , imposition
Variants
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conjecture , conjectures , conjectured , conjecturer , conjecturers , conjecturing , a matter of conjecture
Etymology
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From Latin 'conjectura', meaning 'a guessing, a surmising, a supposing, a projecting'.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'conjecture' has been used in mathematics since the time of Euclid.

  2. The famous 'Goldbach Conjecture' is a mathematical statement that every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.

  3. The term 'conjecture' is often used interchangeably with the term 'hypothesis', but they have slightly different meanings.

Related Concepts
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  1. hypothesis: A hypothesis is a testable proposed explanation that is accepted as a possible solution to a problem.

  2. theory: A theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that is acquired through the scientific method and repeatedly tested and confirmed through observation and experimentation.

Quotes
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  1. Peculiar features of early maps, which may have been nothing but a draftsman's whimsy, have inspired pages of vain "conjecture".

    - Samuel Eliot Morison,{it}The European Discovery of America{/it},1971

  2. The reason why the French with superior man-power and American resources were doing so poorly was not beyond all "conjecture".

    - Barbara W. Tuchman,{it}The March of Folly{/it},1984

  3. Whether Columbus brought syphilis to the New World—or to the Old World—has been the subject of "conjecture" for at least 500 years.

    - Carl Zimmer,{it}Science{/it},11 May 2001

  4. … their voices rose in a chorus of "conjecture" and alarm, repeating the selfsame remark: "What is she going to do? I mean, is Betty going to faint?"

    - Edna O'Brien,{it}New Yorker{/it},1 Jan. 1990
Culture
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Conjecture has been used extensively in literature, particularly in detective novels and philosophical texts. In art, it is often depicted as a figure with a balance or scales, representing the weighing of evidence and the forming of an opinion. In music, the term 'conjecture' is used in music theory to describe the identification of a note or chord based on incomplete information.

How to Memorize "conjecture"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a detective sitting at a table, surrounded by evidence and making a guess about the identity of the criminal. Visualize yourself in a similar situation, weighing the evidence and forming your own conjectures.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'conjecture' with the idea of forming an opinion or theory based on incomplete information. Think of a time when you had to make a guess based on limited information and how you went about it.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic device by remembering the phrase 'Cats Often Just Eat Tasty Unusual Rabbit': Conjecture Often Just Entails Thinking Unusual Reasoning About It.

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