VERBATIK MEDIA by Heena R. Pardeshi

Literary Editor, Script Writer & Analyst

Word Of The Week (WOW #8)

Hi dear readers.
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve your vocabulary by learning new words every week.
WOW
If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on my WOW post (like this one.)

Here’s this week’s WOW:

conjecture

Word: conjecture

Part Of Speech: 

  • noun: conjecture; plural noun: conjectures
  • verb: conjecture; 3rd person present: conjectures; past tense: conjectured; past participle: conjectured; gerund or present participle: conjecturing

Derivative:

adjective: conjecturable 

Pronunciation: |kənˈdʒɛktʃə|; con·jec·ture

Meaning:

n.

1. an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

  • an unproven mathematical or scientific theorem.
  • (in textual criticism) the suggestion of a reading of a text not present in the original source.

v.

2. form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.

  • (in textual criticism) propose (a reading).

Synonyms: guess, speculation, surmise, fancy, notion, belief, suspicion, presumption, assumption, theory, hypothesis, postulation, supposition, theorize, form/formulate a theory, suppose.

Antonyms: fact, reality, truth, calculate, prove, know.

Word 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’.

Use in sentence: 

  1. n: “conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied” or [ mass noun ]:  “a matter for conjecture.”
  2. v: “many conjectured that she had a second husband in mind” or “many conjectured that she had a second husband in mind.”

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Conjecture is quite a simple word but it’s uses are innumerable. I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way!

If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page:

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Have a great day!

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26 responses to “Word Of The Week (WOW #8)”

    • LOL! No dear. I was just a bit busy last week (actually a lot busy as I was sorting out applications for new contributors for my other blog.)
      I’m glad you asked me though 🙂
      I’ll check out your asap and will also post mine in a day or two… 🙂
      Have a great day!

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