Noun
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reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
"speculations about the outcome of the election"
"he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
Verb
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to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"