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conjecturing

conjecturing is the present participle and gerund of conjecture.

Meaning of conjecture

Verb

conjecture (third-person singular simple present conjectures, present participle conjecturing, simple past and past participle conjectured)

  1. (formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
    • I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
  2. (transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
    • February 22, 1685, Robert South, All Contingences under the Direction of God's Providence (sermon preached at Westminster Abbey)

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Noun

conjecturing (plural conjecturings)

  1. The forming of conjectures.
    • The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind; […]1830, Anna Maria Porter, chapter X, in The Barony. […], volume III, London: […] [A[ndrew] & R[obert] Spottiswoode] for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 460

Forms of conjecturing

pluralconjecturings

Questions about conjecturing

What does conjecturing mean?
Conjecturing means the forming of conjectures.
What is conjecturing the present participle and gerund of?
Conjecturing is the present participle and gerund of conjecture.
What part of speech is conjecturing?
Conjecturing is a noun.
What is the plural of conjecturing?
The plural of conjecturing is conjecturings.

Words near conjecturing in the dictionary

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

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