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Defenition of the word speculate

    • Defenition of the word speculate

      • To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
      • think about at length and in depth; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
      • indulge in speculations
      • invest at a risk
      • to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps."
      • 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"
      • to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • reflect deeply on a subject
      • to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
      • 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

    Synonyms for the word speculate

      • chew over
      • conjecture
      • contemplate
      • hypothecate
      • hypothesize
      • job
      • meditate
      • mull
      • mull over
      • muse
      • ponder
      • reflect
      • ruminate
      • suppose
      • theorise
      • theorize
      • think over

    Hyponyms for the word speculate

      • bethink
      • bull
      • cogitate
      • consider
      • construct
      • develop
      • explicate
      • formulate
      • guess
      • hazard
      • introspect
      • premeditate
      • pretend
      • puzzle
      • question
      • reconstruct
      • retrace
      • say
      • study
      • suppose
      • theologise
      • theologize
      • venture
      • wonder

    Hypernyms for the word speculate

      • anticipate
      • cerebrate
      • cogitate
      • commit
      • expect
      • invest
      • place
      • put
      • reason
      • think

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