What is "speculate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does speculate mean in English? Meaning of speculate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "speculate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "speculate": to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

Verb

  • Meaning: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  • Example: Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
  • Synonyms: conjecture hypothecate hypothesise hypothesize speculate suppose theorise theorize
  • Hyponyms: construct develop explicate formulate reconstruct retrace
  • Hypernyms: anticipate expect
  • Meaning of "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

    Verb

  • Meaning: 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
  • Example: We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
  • Synonyms: speculate
  • Hyponyms: guess hazard pretend say suppose venture
  • Hypernyms: reason
  • Meaning of "speculate": reflect deeply on a subject

    Verb

  • Meaning: reflect deeply on a subject
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: chew over contemplate excogitate meditate mull mull over muse ponder reflect ruminate speculate think over
  • Hyponyms: bethink cogitate consider introspect premeditate puzzle question study theologise theologize wonder
  • Hypernyms: cerebrate cogitate think
  • Meaning of "speculate": invest at a risk

    Verb

  • Meaning: invest at a risk
  • Example: 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: job speculate
  • Hyponyms: bull
  • Hypernyms: commit invest place put
  • Synonyms:

    guess, read, hypothesize, wonder, reflect, contemplate, weigh, ruminate, surmise, conjecture, cerebrate, consider, figure, deliberate, study, dope, muse, excogitate, brainstorm, reason, meditate, suppose, suspect, cogitate, scheme, review, head trip, figure out, guesstimate, build castles in air, call it, call the turn, chew over, dope out, have a hunch, hazard a guess, kick around, pipe-dream, psych out, read between lines, run it up flagpole, size up, beat ones brains, play, plunge, dare, hazard, venture, wildcat, make book, margin up, play the market, pour money into, spec, stick neck out, take a chance, take a flier, take a fling,

    Antonyms:

    disregard, ignore, abstain, neglect, dismiss, forget, know, ignore, abstain, neglect,

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    speculate in English: speculate
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