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speculate English

Meaning speculate meaning

What does speculate mean?
Definitions in simple English

speculate Verb

— When you speculate, you guess about the truth when you don't have all the important information. I speculated that Tom and Jerry's marriage would not last a year. It was speculated that the artist had been murdered. — If you speculate, you make risky investments with the hope of making a large profit. He lost a lot of money by speculating in stocks.

speculate

— verb (= suppose) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps — verb 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 — verb (= excogitate, reflect, mull, mull over) 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 — verb 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

Synonyms speculate synonyms

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speculate English » English

guess conjecture consider think surmise meditate contemplate cogitate theorize reflect suppose hypothesize think over presume predict ponder muse estimate ruminate mull over mull excogitate wonder theorise profiteer job hypothesise hypothecate deliberate assume approximate suspect study reckon plan judge envisage deem chew over work out view think of talk over stag scratch one’s head scheme repute regard reflect upon recollect

Topics speculate topics

What do people use speculate to talk about?
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Think so

Conjugation speculate conjugation

How do you conjugate speculate?

speculate · verb

Examples speculate examples

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Simple sentences

As to what happened there, one can only speculate.

Movie subtitles

Some scholars speculate they reached as far as northern australia, the Cape of Good Hope and greenland, and all this was years before the European Age of exploration had so much as begun.
It's fun to speculate about how life might evolve under conditions that are very different from those here on the earth.
The witness will not be asked to speculate.
I would even speculate that a hydrogen bomb explosion may have removed it from its surroundings.
The witness is being asked to speculate on his future conduct.
Why not? Why not, if the witness can speculate. on the future conduct of the world and its armies?
Sebastian and I used to speculate on how that family of Neanderthals could have produced a girl as rare as Catherine.
May I speculate?
Well, it's hardly fair to speculate, is it?
Care to speculate on what we'll find if we go on ahead?
Speculate?
Please instruct the witness - not to speculate.
Vulcanians do not speculate.
You speculate.
But you see, it's not exactly Within my, uh, scope of operations to speculate.
For what we can get right now rather than speculate and take the risk. Oh, come now, Mr. Arbutny.
Whipple, don't speculate.
Sebastian and I used to speculate on how those Neanderthals could've produced a girl as rare as Catherine.
You can't speculate with my hide!
Yeoman, speculate.
Speculate.
If you're gonna speculate here like you did in Africa.
Who would need to speculate with our agreements?
I would speculate that this unknown life form is invading our galaxy like a virus.
Well, I can only. speculate as to the reasons why.
But you see, the only thing I can really speculate on, Nurse Ratched, is the very existence of my life - with or without my wife - in terms of the human relationships, the juxtaposition of. one person to another, the form, and the content.
Based on witness accounts, investigators speculate the killer may be lwao Enokizu, already wanted for murder.

News and current affairs

Some have argued instead that gold's long upward march has been partly driven by the development of new financial instruments that make it easier to trade and speculate in gold.
Regulators should not have allowed the banks to speculate as they did; if anything, they should have required them to buy insurance - and then insisted on restructuring in a way that ensured that the insurance paid off.
Foreign observers frequently speculate that the Chinese authorities may be deliberately overstating the economy's strength.
Some speculate that the arrest is really part of a power struggle, with President Hu Jingtao demonstrating his authority against a local power broker who had thwarted national policy.
At this stage, one can only speculate about the geopolitical effects.
A considerate investor will never speculate recklessly with his clients' life savings, despite the potential gain for himself.
It is too early to speculate whether Germany will be able to break this pattern and reverse that trend.
So they invest and speculate fiercely without much consideration of risk.
The situation is aggravated by the market in credit default swaps, which is biased in favor of those who speculate on failure.
Using bank credits to speculate in equity and housing markets is still mostly forbidden.
Looking at the classic S and M nature of some of this torture, it is hard not to speculate that someone setting policy was aroused by all of this.
Today, with interest rates near or at record lows in many countries, it is relatively cheap to speculate in gold instead of investing in bonds.
It is always risky to speculate about hidden motives; nevertheless, systematic disparagement of Israeli society and culture undoubtedly encourages the sense that anti-Semitism, too, is a permitted prejudice.
For some traits, we do not have to speculate - we can measure and compare on the basis of studies covering thousands of individuals over several generations.
The logic behind the separation was absolutely clear: banks whose deposits were insured by the taxpayers should not be allowed to speculate with their depositors' money.
It is difficult to speculate, though in most countries, the process will be peaceful and democratic.
Naturally, market participants speculate on these possibilities.
Worse, they speculate on what other currency holders will think.
Of course, currency values go up and down, people speculate on them, and often the fluctuations are quite unpleasant for the economies affected.

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