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Quick Bobcat
Jul 14
I only meet it in maths books, never in daily chat
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Solar Pony
Jul 10
this word always sounds like someone wearing a tweed jacket lol
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Maple Bobcat
Jul 7
Conjetura in Spanish feels very close, but I wouldnt map it onto every English use. In English conjecture has that formal school/legal/math smell more often.
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Proud Raven
Jul 5
In old text editing you can see conjecture or conjectural emendation. That is not just random guessing, it means the editor is repairing a damaged or corrupt reading from context.
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Fluffy Zebra
Jul 5
Small grammar thing: conjecture that is fine, conjecture about is fine, but conjecture about that the plan failed sounds broken. I see that from learners sometimes.
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Minty Rabbit
Jul 2
I would be careful using conjecture as the verb in normal conversation. We conjectured where to eat sounds like a parody of academics, unless the speaker is joking.
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Patient Puma
Jun 30
Extrapolate is narrower than conjecture. If you have past sales numbers and extend the line, you extrapolate. If you make a broader maybe because of clues, you conjecture.
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Windy Pika
Jun 27
Math note, hypothesis and conjecture arent a clean hierarchy. Riemann hypothesis is still a conjecture in the normal math sense, the name just stuck.
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Onyx Vole
Jun 27
same, my prof says conjecture for almost everything except the famous names we inherited
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Pearl Goose
Jun 21
For learners: dont answer how did you know? with I said it by conjecture. Thats not natural. Say I guessed, lucky guess, or I figured from your accent/shoes/whatever.
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Crimson Mole
Jun 18
In court stuff, conjecture is a red flag word. A witness is meant to say what they saw or know, not what they think probably happened, so lawyers usually call that speculation.