different between conjecture vs factual
conjecture
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin coniect?ra (“a guess”), from coniectus, perfect passive participle of c?nici? (“throw or cast together; guess”), from con- (“together”) + iaci? (“throw, hurl”); see jet. Compare adjective, eject, inject, project, reject, subject, object, trajectory.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?d???k.t???(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?n?d???k.t???/
Noun
conjecture (countable and uncountable, plural conjectures)
- (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
- I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
- (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
- (mathematics, linguistics) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- (obsolete) Interpretation of signs and omens.
Synonyms
- halseny
- See also Thesaurus:supposition
Related terms
- conject
- conjectural
Translations
Verb
conjecture (third-person singular simple present conjectures, present participle conjecturing, simple past and past participle conjectured)
- (formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
- I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
- (transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
- February 22, 1685, Robert South, All Contingences under the Direction of God's Providence (sermon preached at Westminster Abbey)
- Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.
- February 22, 1685, Robert South, All Contingences under the Direction of God's Providence (sermon preached at Westminster Abbey)
Translations
Further reading
- conjecture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “conjecture”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- conjecture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coniect?ra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.??k.ty?/
Noun
conjecture f (plural conjectures)
- conjecture
Usage notes
Not to be confused with conjoncture.
Verb
conjecture
- first-person singular present indicative of conjecturer
- third-person singular present indicative of conjecturer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conjecturer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of conjecturer
- second-person singular imperative of conjecturer
Further reading
- “conjecture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Participle
conject?re
- vocative masculine singular of conject?rus
Portuguese
Verb
conjecture
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of conjecturar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of conjecturar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of conjecturar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of conjecturar
conjecture From the web:
- what conjecture is being made
- what conjecture means
- what conjecture is being made brainly
- what conjecture is being made 3.1.4
- what conjecture is being made 1.8.4
- what conjecture must be true
- what conjecture is being made apex
- what conjecture or conclusion
factual
English
Etymology
fact +? -al, modified by analogy with actual.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fæk(t)?u?l/, /?fæk(t)??l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fak(t)???l/, /?fak(t)??l/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?f?k(t)???l/, /?f?k(t)??l/
Adjective
factual (comparative more factual, superlative most factual)
- Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
- 2012, D.C. Kline, Dominion and Wealth: A Critical Analysis of Karl Marx’ Theory of Commercial Law, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 34:
- If, as Marx claimed, these factual views were held by the ideologists of the nineteenth century and if these factual claims could be proven false, then Marx could claim to have refuted certain tenets of capitalist political philosophy on a purely […]
- 2014, Derek Matravers, Fiction and Narrative, OUP Oxford (?ISBN):
- Thus, the approach has more flexibility than Lamarque and Olsen's approach; in particular, it is open to the possibility that false factual claims do affect our understanding of, and our evaluation of, fictional narratives.
- 2012, D.C. Kline, Dominion and Wealth: A Critical Analysis of Karl Marx’ Theory of Commercial Law, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 34:
- True, accurate, corresponding to reality.
- 2007, Robin Parrish, Fearless, Bethany House Pub (?ISBN)
- He knew Guardian's real name. Did he dare play that card? "Yes ma'am, that's factual information. All of it."
- 2007, Robin Parrish, Fearless, Bethany House Pub (?ISBN)
Derived terms
Related terms
- fact
- counterfactual
- de facto
Translations
Further reading
- factual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- factual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- caul fat
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- fatual
Adjective
factual m or f (plural factuais, comparable)
- factual (consisting of facts)
Spanish
Adjective
factual (plural factuales)
- factual
- Synonym: fáctico
factual From the web:
- what factual mean
- what factual text
- what factual recount
- what does factual mean
- what is a factual example
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