Толковый словарь английского языка - conjecture

I. noun see: jet Date: 14th century 1. obsolete interpretation of omens, supposition, 2. inference from defective or presumptive evidence, a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork, a proposition (as in mathematics) before it has been proved or disproved, II. verb (-tured; conjecturing) Date: 15th century transitive verb to arrive at or deduce by ~ ; guess , to make ~s as to , intransitive verb to form ~s, ~r noun