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- DictionarySpec·u·late/ˈspek(y)əˌlāt/
verb
- 1. form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence: "my colleagues speculate about my private life"
- 2. invest in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss: "he didn't look as though he had the money to speculate in stocks"
The meaning of SPECULATE is to meditate on or ponder a subject : reflect. How to use speculate in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Speculate.
to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain: I don't know why she did it - I'm just speculating. A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash. Journalists are speculating about whether interest rates will be cut.
When you speculate, you use what you know to make a prediction about an outcome, like when you speculate that the injury of two key players will prevent your favorite team from going far in the playoffs this year.
to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause). Synonyms: cogitate, reflect, think. to indulge in conjectural thought. Synonyms: theorize, suppose, surmise, guess, conjecture.
If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
to consider or think curiously about; suppose, propose, or wonder: to speculate that an agreement will be reached; to speculate whether a quarrel was serious.
Definition of speculate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Speculate definition: To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize.
SPECULATE meaning: 1 : to think about something and make guesses about it to form ideas or theories about something usually when there are many things not known about it + that; 2 : to invest money in ways that could produce a large profit but that also involve a lot of risk.
If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. 2. If someone speculates financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.
