Speculate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SPEC'ULATE, v.i. [L ... viewing it in its different aspects and relations; as, to speculate on political events; to speculate on the probable results of a discovery. 2. In commerce ... with a profit by means of such advance; as, to speculate in coffee, or in sugar, or in six percent stock ... stock. SPEC'ULATE, v.t. To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing. [Not in use.] WordNet (r ... grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose] 2: talk ...
... ORIZE, v.i. To form a theory or theories; to speculate; as, to theorize on the existence of phlogiston. WordNet (r ... grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose] 2: construct a ... rized; -rizing) Date: 1638 intransitive verb to form a theory ; speculate transitive verb 1. to form a theory about 2. to ... theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (theorizes, theorizing, theorized) Note: in BRIT ... for theorizing. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. Speculate, form theories. Moby Thesaurus analyze, apply reason, conjecture, deduce, entertain ... infer, intellectualize, logicalize, logicize, philosophize, provide a rationale, rationalize, reason, speculate, submit, syllogize, synthesize, use reason
Speculating definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Speculate Spec"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speculated; p ... and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events. It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude ... somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
Speculated definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Speculate Spec"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speculated; p ... and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events. It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude ... somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
... a cure for the disease >. Synonyms: think, cogitate, reflect, reason, speculate, deliberate mean to use one's powers of conception, judgment ... stresses consecutive logical thinking < able to reason brilliantly in debate >. speculate implies reasoning about things theoretical or problematic < speculated on the ... Cogitate, reflect, meditate, ponder, muse, contemplate, exercise the mind, ruminate, speculate. 2. Deliberate, consider, reason. 3. Conclude, determine, judge, suppose, imagine ... resolve, ruminate, ruminate over, say, see, sense, set down as, speculate, study, supposable, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take an interest, take ...
... 2) to make wagers on < play the races > (3) to speculate on or in < play the stock market > (4) to operate ... the man = be a man (see MAN). play the market speculate in stocks etc. play off (usu. foll. by against) 1 ... soap opera, sociodrama, soft-soap, sortition, space, spare room, spectacle, speculate, speculation, spew, spit, sport, sporting, sportiveness, spotlight, spout, spray, spritz ...
... meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate] Merriam Webster's verb (-plated; -plating) Etymology: Latin contemplatus, past ... over, scan, scrutinize, see, see ahead, see beforehand, size up, speculate, study, survey, swot, take a long, take for granted, take ...
... later at a good price, so I am speculating" [syn: speculate, job] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek I ... verb 1. to buy and sell (as stock) for profit ; speculate 2. to hire or let by the job or for ...
... adjective II. verb Date: circa 1900 intransitive verb 1. to speculate (as on a security or commodity exchange) by using paper ... scoop the market, sepulcher, shaft, shaft grave, shrine, skyscraper, snowdrift, speculate, spire, stack, stack up, stag, stag the market, standpipe, steeple ...
... 2 Brit. colloq. a bet on a horse etc. b speculate in shares etc. --n. 1 a bet. 2 a point ... row dry, scull, see, ship oars, shoot, sky an oar, speculate, stake, stand pat, wager
... sold. Etymology: ME f. OF speculation or LL speculatio (as SPECULATE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Speculation Spec`u*la"tion, n ... of price in different markets. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see speculate Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Contemplation, intellectual ...