Speculate (Verb)
Meaning 1
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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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 2
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
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".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.