Conjecture vs. Speculate
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);
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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.
Speculateverb
To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
Speculateverb
(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
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To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
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To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
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To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
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To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; - often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
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To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.
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to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
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talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion;
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reflect deeply on a subject;
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invest at a risk;
