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Formal Statement Based Evidence Conjecture Case Established Son

word conjecture
sentence In this case, however, they have established a very serious case against the son of the murdered man.”
“It is a murder, then?”
“Well, it is conjectured to be so.
definition [noun]
1. (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
2. (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
3. (mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
[verb]
1. (formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
2. (transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.

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