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conjecture noun

  /kənˈd͡ʒek.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ , /kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ , /kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃɚ/
  • (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
 vermoeden, hypothese, conjectuur
  • (mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
 vermoeden, hypothese
  • (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
 gissing, conjectuur, giswerk

conjecture verb

  /kənˈd͡ʒek.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ , /kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ , /kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃɚ/
  • (formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
  • (transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
 veronderstellen, gissen, vermoeden

conjectural adjective

  • In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
 verondersteld, conjecturaal, gegist
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