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conjectural
English
Etymology
conjecture +? -al
Adjective
conjectural (comparative more conjectural, superlative most conjectural)
- In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
Synonyms
- hypothetical
Translations
Noun
conjectural (plural conjecturals)
- Something that is conjectural; a conjecture.
- 1821, Richard Franck, Northern memoirs (page 15)
- Let us not assume such previous conjecturals, but rather consult and expostulate death, since death is the wages and the reward of sin.
- 1821, Richard Franck, Northern memoirs (page 15)
French
Adjective
conjectural (feminine singular conjecturale, masculine plural conjecturaux, feminine plural conjecturales)
- conjectural
Further reading
- “conjectural” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Adjective
conjectural m or f (plural conjecturais, comparable)
- conjectural (in the nature of a conjecture)
Romanian
Etymology
From French conjectural
Adjective
conjectural m or n (feminine singular conjectural?, masculine plural conjecturali, feminine and neuter plural conjecturale)
- conjectural
Declension
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- what conjecture is being made 3.1.4
- what conjecture is being made 1.8.4
- what conjecture must be true
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higher
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ha??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ha??/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
- Homophone: hire (one pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: high?er
Adjective
higher
- comparative form of high: more high
Adverb
higher
- comparative form of high: more high
Noun
higher (plural highers)
- (Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.
Verb
higher (third-person singular simple present highers, present participle highering, simple past and past participle highered)
- (transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.
- 1847, George Crosby, Crosby's Parliamentary Record
- It is a fact that other countries have not followed our example, nay, that they have in fact, in some cases, highered the duties upon the admission of our goods. But what has been the result of that policy upon the amount of your exports?
- 1903, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Official Report of the Debates, House of Commons
- I am glad also that my hon. friend the Minister of Finance had the firmness to oppose all these influences to make him change his policy, and I hope, for the good of the country and the blessing of the Dominion, that when any change takes place it will be in the direction of lowering rather than of highering the tariff.
- 1847, George Crosby, Crosby's Parliamentary Record
- (intransitive) To ascend.
Derived terms
- Coity Higher
- Llanrhidian Higher
References
- higher in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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