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spec·u·late  (spky-lt)

v. spec·u·lat·ed, spec·u·lat·ing, spec·u·lates

v.intr.

1. To meditate on a subject; reflect.

2. To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence. See Synonyms at think.

3. To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit.

v.tr.

To assume to be true without conclusive evidence: speculated that high cholesterol was a contributing factor to the patient's health problems.

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[Latin speculr, specult-, to observe, from specula, watchtower, from specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

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speculate

Verb

[-lating, -lated]

1. to form opinions about something, esp. its future consequences, based on the information available; conjecture: it is too early to speculate about Jackie getting married

2. to buy securities or property in the hope of selling them at a profit [Latin speculari to spy out]

speculation n
speculative adj
speculator n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	speculate - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, theorise, theorize, hypothecate, suppose reconstruct, retrace, construct - reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" formulate, explicate, develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
	2.	speculate - talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal" reason - think logically; "The children must learn to reason" hazard, guess, venture, pretend - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" suppose, say - express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
	3.	speculate - reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, chew over, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, contemplate cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" premeditate - think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake" theologise, theologize - make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects introspect - reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings bethink - consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament" cogitate - consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind wonder, question - place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" puzzle - be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure" consider, study - give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"
	4.	speculate - invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" job invest, commit, put, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds" bull - try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

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speculate

verb 1. conjecture, consider, wonder, guess, contemplate, deliberate, muse, meditate, surmise, theorize, hypothesize, cogitate

verb 2. gamble, risk, venture, hazard, have a flutter (informal) take a chance with, play the market

Translations

speculate [ˈspɛkjuleɪt] vi → especular (= try to guess): to speculate about → especular sobre

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speculate [ˈspɛkjuleɪt] vi → spéculer (= try to guess);

to speculate about → s'interroger sur

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speculate [ˈspɛkjuleɪt] vi (Fin) → spekulieren;

to speculate about → spekulieren or Vermutungen anstellen über +acc

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speculate [ˈspɛkjuleɪt] vi → speculare (= try to guess): to speculate about → fare ipotesi su

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speculate

v speculate [ˈspekjuleit]

to make guesses He's only speculating – he doesn't know; There's no point in speculating about what's going to happen. spekuleer يَتَحَزَّر، يَتَكَهَّن، يَتأمَّل налучквам dohadovat se spekulere Vermutungen anstellen κάνω υποθέσεις especular arvama, oletama حدس زدن spekuloida spéculer (sur) לְשַעֵר कयास लगाना, अंदाज लगाना nagađati, umovati spekulál menduga-duga geta sér til um speculare 推測する 추측하다 spėlioti izteikt minējumus/pieņēmumus mengagak; meneka gissen spekulere zgadywać especular a face speculaţii/presupuneri строить предположения uvažovať, premýšľať razmišljati nagađati spekulera พิจารณา tahmin etmek 推測 роздумувати, робити припущення قیاس کرنا، خیال آرائی کرنا đầu cơ 推测

n specuˈlation

1 a guess Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. raaiskoot تَخْمين хипотеза dohad gæt die Vermutung υπόθεση, εικασία especulación oletus arvio spéculation נִיחוּש अनुमान mozganje, nagađanje elmélet dugaan ágiskun speculazione 推測 추측 spėlionė minējums; pieņēmums tekaan gissing spekulering, gjetning domysł especulação specu­laţie догадка dohad razmišljanje nagađanje spekulation การพิจารณา tahmin 推測 припущення اندازہ sự suy đoán 推测

2 the act of speculating There was great speculation as to what was happening. spekulasie تَكَهُّن налучкване dohadování spekulation die Spekulation πιθανολογία, εικοτολογία especulación mõistatamine, mõtlemine arvailu conjectures הַשעֲרָה सट्टेबाजी करना, सट्टा लगाना špekuliranje elmélkedés spekulasi ágiskun speculazione, congettura 推測 추측하기 spėliojimas minēšana; apsvērumu izteikšana tekaan het gissen spekulasjon przypuszczenie especulação speculaţie предположение dohadovanie razmišljanje nagađanje spekulerande, spekulation การใช้วิจารณญาณ tahminde bulunma 推測 роздумування خیال آرائی sự đầu cơ 推测