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conjecture

/kənˈdʒɛktʃər/
noun
  1. An opinion or idea formed without enough evidence; a guess.
    • The newspaper article was full of conjecture about the politician's plans.
    • The scientist's theory was based on conjecture, not proven facts.
    • Without more information, any explanation is just conjecture.
Synonyms
suppositionguessspeculation
Antonyms
factcertainty
verb
  1. To form an opinion or idea without enough evidence; to guess.
    • We can only conjecture what might have happened to the missing hikers.
    • Historians conjecture that the ancient city was destroyed by an earthquake.
    • She conjectured that the delay was due to bad weather.
Synonyms
guessspeculate
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