conjecture
noun
the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
are conjecturing
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present progressiveof conjecture.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Not I. But as we are conjecturing, I may as well conjecture it to have been the desire to produce a startling effect."
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English by Julian Hawthorne
If you are conjecturing a love affair between Mr. Osborne Hamley and me, you never were more mistaken in your life.
From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
You do not know that it is life or death; you are conjecturing.
From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Emma Marshall
How long this period will continue no one seems to know, and but few are conjecturing, for each soul is completely happy and congenially employed.
From Life in a Thousand Worlds by W. S. (William Shuler) Harris
While they are conjecturing as to the cause, the same officer again observes something that has escaped the others.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid
