Conjecture vs. Inference
Conjecturenoun
(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
Conjecturenoun
(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
Conjecturenoun
A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
Conjecturenoun
(obsolete) Interpretation of signs and omens.
Conjectureverb
To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
Conjectureverb
(transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
Conjecturenoun
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
Conjectureverb
To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
Conjectureverb
To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
Conjecturenoun
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);
Conjecturenoun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Conjecturenoun
reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
Conjectureverb
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
Conjecturenoun
an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
Conjecturenoun
an unproven mathematical or scientific theorem.
Conjecturenoun
(in textual criticism) the suggestion of a reading of a text not present in the original source.
Conjectureverb
form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information
Conjectureverb
(in textual criticism) propose (a reading).
Conjecture
In mathematics, a conjecture is a conclusion or a proposition which is suspected to be true due to preliminary supporting evidence, but for which no proof or disproof has yet been found. Some conjectures, such as the Riemann hypothesis (still a conjecture) or Fermat's Last Theorem (a conjecture until proven in 1995 by Andrew Wiles), have shaped much of mathematical history as new areas of mathematics are developed in order to prove them.
Inferencenoun
(uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
Inferencenoun
(countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Inferencenoun
The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
Inferencenoun
That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Inferencenoun
the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
Inferencenoun
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Inferencenoun
the process of inferring something
Inference
Inferences are steps in reasoning, moving from premises to logical consequences; etymologically, the word infer means to . Inference is theoretically traditionally divided into deduction and induction, a distinction that in Europe dates at least to Aristotle (300s BCE).
