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speculate
has definitions from the field of stock exchange
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[ verb ] to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Examples : "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps." Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)`` I'm just speculating , but I have_to think Jack feels he 's hurting Boston 's chances '' . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)Within certain wide limits anatomy dictates function and , if one is permitted to speculate , potential pathology should be included in this statement as_well . |
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[ 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
Examples "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Let us speculate a_little on the maximum size of the anaconda . |
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[ verb ] reflect deeply on a subject
Examples "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" Related terms think study wonder brood bethink puzzle theologise introspect premeditate deliberate contemplation meditation muller muse |
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[ verb ] (stock exchange) invest at a risk
Synonyms Examples "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" Related terms |
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