Definition:
- (v. i.) 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.
- (v. i.) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
- (v. i.) 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.
- (v. t.) To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.
Compare speculate with other words:
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foresee vs. speculate
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deduce vs. speculate
reason vs. speculate
project vs. speculate
judge vs. speculate
estimate vs. speculate
ponder vs. speculate
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pontificate vs. speculate
assume vs. speculate
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predict vs. speculate
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invest vs. speculate