Conjecture vs. Speculation

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.

Speculationnoun

The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.

Speculationnoun

(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Speculationnoun

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.

Speculationnoun

An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.

Speculationnoun

The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.

Speculationnoun

Examination by the eye; view.

Speculationnoun

(obsolete) Power of sight.

Speculationnoun

A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.

Speculationnoun

(programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.

Speculationnoun

The act of speculating.

Speculationnoun

Examination by the eye; view.

Speculationnoun

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.

Speculationnoun

Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.

Speculationnoun

Power of sight.

Speculationnoun

The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Speculationnoun

A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.

Speculationnoun

The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.

Speculationnoun

Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.

Speculationnoun

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Speculationnoun

a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);

Speculationnoun

an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits;

Speculationnoun

continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature;

Speculation

Speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable in the near future. In finance, speculation is also the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short term fluctuations in the market value of a tradable financial instrument—rather than attempting to profit from the underlying financial attributes embodied in the instrument such as value addition, return on investment, or dividends.