SPECULATE
\spˈɛkjʊlˌe͡ɪt], \spˈɛkjʊlˌeɪt], \s_p_ˈɛ_k_j_ʊ_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of SPECULATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
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To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
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To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
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To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Speculator.
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To look at or into with the mind: to consider: to theorize: to traffic for great profit.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald