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speculate
[ spek-yuh-leyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- to indulge in conjectural thought.
Synonyms: theorize, suppose, surmise, guess, conjecture
- to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the chance of large gains, especially to buy and sell commodities, stocks, etc., in the expectation of a quick or very large profit.
speculate
/ ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt /
verb
- when tr, takes a clause as object to conjecture without knowing the complete facts
- intr to buy or sell securities, property, etc, in the hope of deriving capital gains
- intr to risk loss for the possibility of considerable gain
- intr rugby to make an emergency forward kick of the ball without taking any particular aim
Other Words From
- over·specu·late verb (used without object) overspeculated overspeculating
- pre·specu·late verb (used without object) prespeculated prespeculating
- un·specu·lating adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of speculate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of speculate1
Example Sentences
On Hassan's street, neighbours speculate about where the vanished war criminal has gone.
These protoplanetary disks slowly congealed into planets — so slowly, in fact, that astronomers speculated all of the protoplanetary disks that once existed have since blown away.
But behind closed doors, many government staffers continued to speculate about the allegations against Williams.
Selzer speculated in last week’s interview that the finding that Trump was trailing Harris might have actually spurred more of his voters to the polls in Iowa.
It is being speculated that ABC didn’t want to risk testing the Supreme Court’s Sullivan v.
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