conjecture

/kənˈdʒektʃər/ noun [C, U] formal

Translation

› guessing about something without real evidence

varsayım, tahmin

Exactly what happened that night is still a matter for conjecture.1105

conjecture verb [I, T] formal ›

tahminde bulunmak, varsayımda bulunmak

[+ (that)] Some people conjectured that it was an attempt to save money.

(Definition of conjecture noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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