conjecture
noun
the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
is conjecturing
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present progressiveof conjecture (3rd person singular).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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Which will be back first? is what all America is conjecturing upon.
From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by Max O'Rell
You are reduced to saying that He foresees it; but foreseeing is conjecturing.
From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
Everybody is conjecturing what Mr. Blair has proposed; but no one expects relief from his mission, if indeed he be clothed with diplomatic powers—which I doubt.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
"Yes," replied the abbe, "but he leaves to-night; everybody is conjecturing the motive of this hasty visit."
From An Historical Mystery by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
