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conjecture He was last heard of in Bogotá, and they conjectured that he had met his end in the Andes at the hands of the guerrillas. kənˈʤɛkʧər

Accepted Answer

To guess. Formed with the prefix con-, “together,” conjecture means literally “to throw together”—that is, to produce a theory by putting together a number of facts. So, for example, Columbus conjectured from his calculations that he would reach Asia if he sailed westward, and his later conjecture that there was a “Northwest Passage” by sea from the Atlantic to the Pacific over the North American continent was proved correct centuries later.

word	conjecture
definition	To guess.
eg_sentence	He was last heard of in Bogotá, and they conjectured that he had met his end in the Andes at the hands of the guerrillas.
explanation	Formed with the prefix con-, “together,” conjecture means literally “to throw together”—that is, to produce a theory by putting together a number of facts. So, for example, Columbus conjectured from his calculations that he would reach Asia if he sailed westward, and his later conjecture that there was a “Northwest Passage” by sea from the Atlantic to the Pacific over the North American continent was proved correct centuries later.
IPA	kənˈʤɛkʧər

Conjecture Conjectured Guess Heard Bogotá Met End Andes