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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

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

to speculate about → s'interroger sur

speculate [ˈspɛkjuleɪt] vi (Fin) → spekulieren;

to speculate about → spekulieren or Vermutungen anstellen über +acc

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.spekuleerيَتَحَزَّر، يَتَكَهَّن، يَتأمَّلналучквамdohadovat sespekulereVermutungen anstellenκάνω υποθέσειςespeculararvama, oletamaحدس زدنspekuloidaspéculer (sur)לְשַעֵרकयास लगाना, अंदाज लगानाnagađati, umovatispekulálmenduga-dugageta sér til umspeculare推測する추측하다spėliotiizteikt minējumus/pieņēmumusmengagak; menekagissenspekulerezgadywaćespeculara face speculaţii/presupuneriстроить предположенияuvažovať, premýšľaťrazmišljatinagađatispekuleraพิจารณาtahmin etmek推測роздумувати, робити припущенняقیاس کرنا، خیال آرائی کرناđầu cơ推测

n ˌspecuˈlation

1 a guess Your speculations were all quite close to the truth.raaiskootتَخْمينхипотезаdohadgætdie Vermutungυπόθεση, εικασίαespeculaciónoletusarviospéculationנִיחוּשअनुमानmozganje, nagađanjeelméletdugaanágiskunspeculazione推測추측spėlionėminējums; pieņēmumstekaangissingspekulering, gjetningdomysłespeculaçãospecu­laţieдогадкаdohadrazmišljanjenagađanjespekulationการพิจารณาtahmin推測припущенняاندازہsự suy đoán推测

2 the act of speculating There was great speculation as to what was happening.spekulasieتَكَهُّنналучкванеdohadováníspekulationdie Spekulationπιθανολογία, εικοτολογίαespeculaciónmõistatamine, mõtleminearvailuconjecturesהַשעֲרָהसट्टेबाजी करना, सट्टा लगानाšpekuliranjeelmélkedésspekulasiágiskunspeculazione, congettura推測추측하기spėliojimasminēšana; apsvērumu izteikšanatekaanhet gissenspekulasjonprzypuszczenieespeculaçãospeculaţieпредположениеdohadovanierazmišljanjenagađanjespekulerande, spekulationการใช้วิจารณญาณtahminde bulunma推測роздумуванняخیال آرائیsự đầu cơ推测