Get to know Conjectural better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like divinatory or hypothetical.
Conjectural meaning
In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
Synonyms of Conjectural
Using Conjectural
- The main meaning on this page is: In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
- Useful related words include: divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed.
- In the example corpus, conjectural often appears in combinations such as: and conjectural, the conjectural.
Context around Conjectural
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Conjectural
- In this selection, "conjectural" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, merely, irreducibly, part, worlds, nature and history stand out and add context to how "conjectural" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include approximate or conjectural there are and are largely conjectural since none. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "conjectural" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with conjectural
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The rarity of any references to him in contemporary documents makes further specification conjectural. (14 words)
Based on publicly accessible sources, the information offered about Phoebe Schecter’s private life is conjectural. (16 words)
The "Conjectural Sound" principle applies even to happenstance sounds, such as tires squealing, doorknobs turning or people walking. (18 words)
Criticism towards the Drake equation follows from the fact that several of its terms are conjectural, the net result being that the error associated with any derived value is very large such that the equation cannot be used to draw firm conclusions. (42 words)
He also held that scientific theory, and human knowledge generally, is irreducibly conjectural or hypothetical, and is generated by the creative imagination to solve problems that have arisen in specific historico-cultural settings. (33 words)
Despite the conjectural nature of reconstructions of the piece known as the Hurrian songs from the surviving score, the evidence that it used the diatonic scale is much more soundly based. (31 words)
Example sentences (17)
Based on publicly accessible sources, the information offered about Phoebe Schecter’s private life is conjectural.
Rejoining real and conjectural worlds, if Stokes had been given out, a review would not have saved him, because unimpeachable DRS said he was out.
Birley, 84 & 86. The presence of Hadrian on the Dacian front at this juncture, implied by the always unreliable Historia Augusta, is merely conjectural.
Criticism towards the Drake equation follows from the fact that several of its terms are conjectural, the net result being that the error associated with any derived value is very large such that the equation cannot be used to draw firm conclusions.
Despite the conjectural nature of reconstructions of the piece known as the Hurrian songs from the surviving score, the evidence that it used the diatonic scale is much more soundly based.
He also held that scientific theory, and human knowledge generally, is irreducibly conjectural or hypothetical, and is generated by the creative imagination to solve problems that have arisen in specific historico-cultural settings.
Indeed, he subscribed to a version of conjectural history that placed industrial society as the culmination of human development (and shared this view with Herschel).
Later conjectural drawing of the Rainhill Trials. In the foreground is Rocket and in the background are Sans Pareil (right) and Novelty.
Note: all dates from this long ago should be regarded as either approximate or conjectural; there are no absolutely certain dates, and multiple competing reconstructed chronologies, for this time period.
Note that descendancy of the Julii Caesares before the generation of Julius Caesar's grandfather is in part conjectural, but as presented by scholars.
Perhaps the unnamed Romulan general officer who rescued Tasha Yar and fathered Sela (TNG's "Redemption, Part II") was with the Tal Shiar: without official canon sources, these remain purely conjectural.
Sen 1993 In spite of this progress, the relationship between strings and five-dimensional branes remained conjectural because theorists were unable to quantize the branes.
The "Conjectural Sound" principle applies even to happenstance sounds, such as tires squealing, doorknobs turning or people walking.
The precise details of Custer's fight are largely conjectural since none of his men (the five companies under his immediate command) survived the battle.
The rarity of any references to him in contemporary documents makes further specification conjectural.
The variability of Betelgeuse and difficulties in producing a precise reading for its angular diameter make any definitive figure conjectural.
This gave a conjectural picture of 3-manifolds which indicated that all 3-manifolds admitted a certain kind of geometric decomposition involving eight geometries, now called Thurston model geometries.
Common combinations with conjectural
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: