Conjecture vs Deem - What's the difference?
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(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a .
(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
(mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally (l).
(obsolete) of signs and omens.
(formal) To ; to venture an unproven idea.
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(obsolete) To judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom.
(obsolete) To adjudge; decree.
(obsolete) To dispense (justice); administer (law).
(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or hold as an opinion; decide or believe on consideration; suppose.
* Emerson
To hold in belief or estimation; adjudge as a conclusion; regard as being; evaluate according to one's beliefs; account.
To have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think.
Conjecture is a related term of deem.
As verbs the difference between conjecture and deem
is that conjecture is while deem is .conjecture
English
Noun
- I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
- The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
Synonyms
* * See alsoVerb
(conjectur)- I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
- Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.
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English
Verb
(en verb)- And deemest thou as those who pore, / With aged eyes, short way before?
- She deemed his efforts insufficient.
