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Definisjon av speculate

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Verb
speculate - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
anticipate, expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
retrace, reconstruct, construct cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
explicate, formulate, develop elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
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; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
reason think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
hazard, venture, guess, pretend proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"
suppose, say express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
speculate - 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"
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invest, commit, put, place make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
bull advance in price; "stocks were bulling"
speculate - 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"
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate
cerebrate, cogitate, think consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
premeditate think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"
theologise, theologize make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects
introspect reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings
bethink consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament"
cogitate consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
wonder, question have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
puzzle be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
study, consider learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
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Verb
speculate - To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to deliberate or cogitate.
speculate - To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
speculate - To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • speculate
    To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) speculate
  • Presens: speculate / speculates
  • Preteritum: speculated
  • Perfektum: (have) speculated

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