conjecture

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.

   “I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.”

2. isim A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

   “The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.”

3. isim A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
4. isim Interpretation of signs and omens.
5. fiil To guess; to venture an unproven idea.

   “I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.”

6. fiil To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.

   “February 22, 1685, Robert South, All Contingences under the Direction of God's Providence (sermon preached at Westminster Abbey)”