conjecture

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, formal, uncountable) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
2. (countable, formal, uncountable) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
3. (countable, uncountable) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Interpretation of signs and omens.

Verb

1. (formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
2. (transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.

Conceptes

conjecturar

especulació

suposició

conjetura

teoritzar

especular

fer hipòtesis

conjectura

Sinònims

guess

surmise

suppose

estimate

supposition

speculate

speculation

hypothesis

infer

guesswork

presume

assumption

presumption

reckon

assume

imagine

think

🤔

predict

consider

believe

fancy

approximate

conclude

calculate

theorise

theorize

belief

expect

opine

hypothesize

divine

hypothesise

hypothecate

measure

deduce

surmisal

wonder

work out

consideration

anticipate

figure

sense

premise

opinion

inference

cast

deceive

case

count

🔢

contention

Traduccions

Vermutung

conjecture

conjetura

congettura

vermoeden

conjecturer

suposición

supposition

especulación

Mutmaßung

gissing

vermuten

conjetura

Annahme

gissen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Old French, from Latin coniectūra (“a guess”), from coniectus, perfect passive participle of cōniciō (“throw or cast together; guess”), from con- (“together”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”); see jet. Compare adjective, eject, inject, project, reject, subject, object, trajectory, deject, abject, surjection, bijection, interject.
Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)).