conjecture

  • 31conjecture — Synonyms and related words: assume, assumption, axiom, believe, blind guess, bold conjecture, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel, gather, give a guess, glean, guess, guesswork, hazard a conjecture, hunch, hypothesis, imagine …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32conjecture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. supposition, hypothesis, extrapolation, speculation, guess; inference, surmise. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inference, theory, guess; see guess , hypothesis , opinion 1 . See Synonym Study at guess . v.… …

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  • 33conjecture — [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34conjecture — [kən dʒɛktʃə] noun an opinion or conclusion based on incomplete information. ↘an unproven mathematical or scientific theorem. ↘(in textual criticism) the suggestion of a reading not present in the original source. verb form a conjecture. ↘(in… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35conjecture — I. n. Supposition, surmise, guess, hypothesis, theory. II. v. a. Surmise, guess, suppose, divine, suspect. III. v. n. Surmise, guess, suppose, suspect, fancy, dare say, take it, hazard the conjecture …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 36conjecture — 1. noun the information is merely conjecture Syn: speculation, guesswork, surmise, fancy, presumption, assumption, theory, postulation, supposition; inference, (an) extrapolation; an estimate; informal a guesstimate, a shot in the dark, a… …

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  • 37conjecture — [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’.… …

    Word origins

  • 38conjecture — n. & v. n. 1 a the formation of an opinion on incomplete information; guessing. b an opinion or conclusion reached in this way. 2 a (in textual criticism) the guessing of a reading not in the text. b a proposed reading. v. 1 tr. & intr. guess. 2… …

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  • 39Conjecture De Poincaré — La conjecture de Poincaré est, en mathématiques, une conjecture portant sur la caractérisation de la sphère à trois dimensions. Jusqu à l annonce de sa résolution par Grigori Perelman en 2003, il s agissait d un problème de topologie non résolu.… …

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  • 40Conjecture de Poincare — Conjecture de Poincaré La conjecture de Poincaré est, en mathématiques, une conjecture portant sur la caractérisation de la sphère à trois dimensions. Jusqu à l annonce de sa résolution par Grigori Perelman en 2003, il s agissait d un problème de …

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