English-Thai Dictionary
conjectural
ADJ ที่ เกี่ยวกับ การ คาดเดา ที่ เกี่ยวกับ การคาดการณ์ ti-kiao-kab-kan-khad-dao
conjecture
N การ คาดเดา guesswork kan-khad-dao
conjecture
VI คาดเดา khad-dao
conjecture
VT คาดเดา guess khad-dao
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONJECT
v.t.To throw together, or to throw. [Not used. ]
CONJECT
v.i.To guess. [Not used. ]
CONJECTOR
n.[L., to cast together; to throw. ] One who guesses or conjectures. [See Conjecture. ]
CONJECTURABLE
a.That may be guessed or conjectured.
CONJECTURAL
a.Depending on conjecture; done or said by guess; as a conjectural opinion.
CONJECTURALLY
adv. Without proof, or evidence; by conjecture; by guess; as, this opinion was given conjecturally.
CONJECTURE
n.[L., See Conjector. ] 1. Literally, a casting or throwing together of possible or probable events; or a casting of the mind to something future, or something past but unknown; a guess, formed on a supposed possibility or probability of a fact, or on slight evidence; preponderance of opinion without proof; surmise. We speak of future or unknown things by conjecture, and of probable or unfounded conjectures.
2. Idea; notion.
CONJECTURE
v.t.To guess; to judge by guess, or by the probability or the possibility of a fact, or by very slight evidence; to form an opinion at random. What will be the issue of a war, we may conjecture, but cannot know. He conjectured that some misfortune had happened.
CONJECTURED
pp. Guessed; surmised.
CONJECTURER
n.One who guesses; a guesser; one who forms or utters an opinion without proof.
CONJECTURING
ppr. Guessing; surmising.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONJECT
Con *ject ", v. t. Etym: [L. conjectus, p.p. of conjicere. See Conjecture, n.]
Defn: To throw together, or to throw. [Obs. ] Bp. Montagu.
CONJECT
CONJECT Con *ject ", v. t.
Defn: To conjecture; also, to plan. [Obs. ]
CONJECTOR
Con *ject "or, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who guesses or conjectures. [Obs. ] A great conjector at other men by their writings. Milton.
CONJECTURABLE
CONJECTURABLE Con *jec "tur *a *ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being conjectured or guessed.
CONJECTURAL
Con *jec "tur *al, a. Etym: [L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural. ]
Defn: Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak. A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller. Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle.
CONJECTURALIST
CONJECTURALIST Con *jec "tur *al *ist, n.
Defn: A conjecturer. [R.] Month. rev.
CONJECTURALLY
CONJECTURALLY Con *jec `tur *al "ly, n.
Defn: That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
CONJECTURALLY
CONJECTURALLY Con *jec `tur *al *ly, adv.
Defn: In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle.
CONJECTURE
Con *jec "ture, n. Etym: [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth. ]
Defn: An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [Herodotus ] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell.Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton.
CONJECTURE
Con *jec "ture, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjectured; p.pr. & vb. n.Conjecturing. ] Etym: [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject. ]
Defn: To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South.
CONJECTURE
CONJECTURE Con *jec "ture, v. i.
Defn: To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
CONJECTURER
CONJECTURER Con *jec "tur *er, n.
Defn: One who conjectures. Hobbes.
New American Oxford Dictionary
conjectural
con jec tur al |kənˈjekCHərəl kənˈʤɛk (t )ʃərəl | ▶adjective based on or involving conjecture: much of the racial history of Madagascar remains conjectural. DERIVATIVES con jec tur al ly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French from Latin conjecturalis, from conjectura ‘inference ’ (see conjecture ).
conjecture
con jec ture |kənˈjekCHər kənˈʤɛk (t )ʃər | ▶noun an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information: conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied | the purpose of the opening in the wall is open to conjecture. • an unproven mathematical or scientific theorem: the Goldbach conjecture. • (in textual criticism ) the suggestion or reconstruction of a reading of a text not present in the original source. ▶verb [ with obj. ] form an opinion or supposition about (something ) on the basis of incomplete information: he conjectured the existence of an otherwise unknown feature | many conjectured that she had a second husband in mind. • (in textual criticism ) propose (a reading ). DERIVATIVES con jec tur a ble adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘to divine ’ and ‘divination ’): from Old French, or from Latin conjectura, from conicere ‘put together in thought, ’ from con- ‘together ’ + jacere ‘throw. ’
Oxford Dictionary
conjectural
con |jec ¦tural |kənˈdʒɛktʃ (ə )r (ə )l | ▶adjective based on or involving conjecture: the evidence was deemed too conjectural. DERIVATIVES conjecturally adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French from Latin conjecturalis, from conjectura ‘inference ’ (see conjecture ).
conjecture
conjecture |kənˈdʒɛktʃə | ▶noun an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information: conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied | [ mass noun ] : a matter for conjecture. • an unproven mathematical or scientific theorem. • [ mass noun ] (in textual criticism ) the suggestion of a reading of a text not present in the original source. ▶verb [ reporting verb ] form an opinion or supposition about (something ) on the basis of incomplete information: [ with clause ] : many conjectured that she had a second husband in mind. • (in textual criticism ) propose (a reading ). DERIVATIVES conjecturable adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘to divine ’ and ‘divination ’): from Old French, or from Latin conjectura, from conicere ‘put together in thought ’, from con- ‘together ’ + jacere ‘throw ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
conjectural
conjectural adjective your arguments are far too conjectural to be taken seriously: speculative, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical, putative, notional; postulated, inferred, presumed, assumed, presupposed, tentative.
conjecture
conjecture noun the information is merely conjecture: speculation, guesswork, surmise, fancy, presumption, assumption, theory, postulation, supposition; inference, (an ) extrapolation; an estimate; informal a guesstimate, a shot in the dark, a ballpark figure. ANTONYMS fact. ▶verb I conjectured that the game was over: guess, speculate, surmise, infer, fancy, imagine, believe, think, suspect, presume, assume, hypothesize, suppose. ANTONYMS know.
Oxford Thesaurus
conjectural
conjectural adjective comments on inner-city areas are likely to be more conjectural: speculative, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical, putative, academic, notional, abstract; postulated, based on guesswork, inferred, suspected, presumed, assumed, presupposed, tentative; unproven, untested, unfounded, groundless, unsubstantiated; rare ideational, suppositious, suppositive, postulational. ANTONYMS established.
conjecture
conjecture noun we find his conjectures implausible | some of the information is merely conjecture: guess, speculation, surmise, fancy, notion, belief, suspicion, presumption, assumption, theory, hypothesis, postulation, supposition; inference, extrapolation, projection; approximation, estimate, rough calculation, rough idea; guesswork, guessing, surmising, imagining, theorizing; informal guesstimate, shot in the dark; N. Amer. informal ballpark figure. ANTONYMS fact. ▶verb I conjectured that the game was about to end: guess, speculate, surmise, infer, fancy, imagine, believe, think, suspect, presume, assume, hypothesize, take as a hypothesis, theorize, form /formulate a theory, suppose. ANTONYMS know.
French Dictionary
conjectural
conjectural , ale , aux adj. adjectif Fondé sur des conjectures. : Des éléments conjecturaux. SYNONYME hypothétique .
conjecture
conjecture n. f. nom féminin Hypothèse, opinion fondée sur des probabilités. : On se perd en conjectures sur les motifs de son acte. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom conjoncture, situation d ’ensemble (économique, politique, etc. ).
conjecturer
conjecturer v. tr. verbe transitif Supposer. : Il ne faut pas conjecturer le résultat de ces rencontres. SYNONYME présumer . aimer
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
conjectural
con jec tur al /kəndʒéktʃ (ə )r (ə )l /形容詞 ⦅かたく ⦆〈意見などが 〉推測的な, 推測による .
conjecture
con jec ture /kəndʒéktʃə r /名詞 U C ⦅かたく ⦆推測 [憶測 ] (すること ).動詞 他動詞 ⦅かたく ⦆(不十分な証拠から )…を推測 [憶測 ]する ; 〖~ that節 /wh節 〗…である […か ]と推測する .自動詞 «…について » 推測する «about » .