Meaning

noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)

noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

noun reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

originFrom Old French, from Latin coniectūra (“a guess”), from coniectus, perfect passive participle of cōniciō (“throw or cast together; guess”), from con- (“together”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”); see jet. Compare adjective, eject, inject, project, reject, subject, object, trajectory, deject, abject, surjection, bijection, interject. Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ) (akin to…

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