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prevision
English
Alternative forms
- prævision (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???v??(?)n/
Noun
prevision (countable and uncountable, plural previsions)
- Advance knowledge; foresight.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- it was the beginning for her of a deeper prevision that, in spite of Miss Overmore's brilliancy and Mrs. Wix's passion, she should live to see a change in the nature of the struggle she appeared to have come into the world to produce.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:
- The whole discussion is concerned with City States, and there is no prevision of their obsolescence.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- A prediction.
Verb
prevision (third-person singular simple present previsions, present participle previsioning, simple past and past participle previsioned)
- To predict or envision the future.
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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
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