Conjectural - English meaning

adjective

Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

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Abstract concepts such as love or beauty

verb

Consider something theoretically or separately from (something else).

Usage examples:

To abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism

noun

A summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech.

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An abstract of her speech

adjective

Relating to education and scholarship.

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Academic achievement

noun

A teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.

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The eu offers grants to academics for research on approved projects

adjective

Relating to schools, esp. colleges and universities, or connected with studying and thinking and not with useful skills

Usage examples:

Which diamond ring you like more is purely academic, because i can’t afford either one.

verb

Suppose to be the case, without proof.

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Topics which assume detailed knowledge of local events

adjective

(of a manner or identity) taken on or adopted, sometimes falsely.

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A man living under an assumed name

adjective

Adopted as a basis of reasoning; expected.

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The assumed result of the election

adjective

Based on or serving as a hypothesis.

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Let us take a hypothetical case

noun

A hypothetical proposition or statement.

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Officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals

adjective

Of or based on a hypothesis

Usage examples:

He dismissed the questions as purely hypothetical., any electronic voting system is hypothetically …

verb

Deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Usage examples:

From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing

Past simple and past participle of infer formal

adjective

Existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality.

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Notional budgets for hospital and community health services

adjective

Existing only as an idea, or as an approximate amount

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Diamonds only retain their notional value through strict control of the market., almost everyone wi…

verb

Suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

Usage examples:

His theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes

noun

A thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

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Perhaps the postulate of babylonian influence on greek astronomy is incorrect

verb

Past simple and past participle of postulate

Usage examples:

[ + that ] it was the greek astronomer, ptolemy, who postulated that the earth was at the centre of…

verb

Suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability.

Usage examples:

I presumed that the man had been escorted from the building

verb

Past simple and past participle of presume

Usage examples:

[ + (that) ] i presume (that) they're not coming, since they haven't replied to the invitation., [ …

verb

Require as a precondition of possibility or coherence.

Usage examples:

Their original prediction presupposed a universe only three billion years old

adjective

Generally considered or reputed to be.

Usage examples:

The putative author of the book

adjective

Generally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true

Usage examples:

The putative leader of the terrorist cell was arrested yesterday.

adjective

Engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge.

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He gave her a speculative glance

adjective

Bought or done in order to make a profit in the future

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A speculative venture, our forecast for next year is speculative.

adjective

Based on a guess and not on information

Usage examples:

The idea that a merger of this kind would ever take place is purely speculative., highly/overly spe…

verb

Have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof.

Usage examples:

If you suspect a gas leak, do not turn on an electric light

adjective

Believed to exist or to be true, without certain proof.

Usage examples:

A suspected heart condition

adjective

Used to describe someone that people believe may have committed a particular crime, or a crime that people believe may have been committed

Usage examples:

Police arrested three suspected terrorists., a suspected spy/fraudster/thief, a suspected crime/fra…

adjective

Not certain or fixed; provisional.

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A tentative conclusion

adjective

Not certain or confident

Usage examples:

We have tentative plans to go to hawaii in february., we have tentatively agreed to buy that house.

adjective

Not certain or agreed

Usage examples:

The car company and the union reached a tentative agreement., a tentative deal/plan/settlement, the…

adjective

Concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application.

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A theoretical physicist

adjective

Based on theory or on possibilities

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The president does not want to answer any theoretical questions.

adjective

Based on ideas or theories, rather than practical uses of something or actual events

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Theoretical economics/physics, theoretical models/analyses/approaches, a theoretical framework/foun…

adjective

Not demonstrated by evidence or argument to be true or existing.

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Long-standing but unproven allegations

adjective

Not having been shown to be good enough or to be able to do something

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It would be unwise to throw billions at unproven technology., a group of talented but unproven youn…