Speculate

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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sceptic vs. speculate

foresee vs. speculate

skeptical vs. speculate

deduce vs. speculate

reason vs. speculate

project vs. speculate

judge vs. speculate

estimate vs. speculate

ponder vs. speculate

speculate vs. stipulate

pontificate vs. speculate

assume vs. speculate

mobile vs. speculate

predict vs. speculate

presume vs. speculate

invest vs. speculate