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conjectures

conjectures is the plural of conjecture.

conjectures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of conjecture.

Meaning of conjecture

Noun

conjecture (countable and uncountable, plural conjectures)

  1. (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
    • I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
  2. (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
    • The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
  3. A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
  4. (obsolete) Interpretation of signs and omens.

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What is conjectures the plural of?
Conjectures is the plural of conjecture.

Words near conjectures in the dictionary

  1. conjecturals
  2. conjecture
  3. conjectured
  4. conjecturer
  5. conjecturers
  6. conjectures
  7. conjectureth
  8. conjecturing
  9. conjecturingly
  10. conjecturings
  11. conjee

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