Conjecture vs. Surmise
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.
Surmisenoun
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
Surmisenoun
Reflection; thought; posit.
Surmiseverb
To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
Surmisenoun
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
Surmisenoun
Reflection; thought.
Surmiseverb
To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
Surmisenoun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Surmiseverb
infer from incomplete evidence
Surmiseverb
imagine to be the case or true or probable;
