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speculate
verb
reflect deeply on a subject
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- PECULAT
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
verb
reflect deeply on a subject
“I mulled over the events of the afternoon”
verb
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
“Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps”
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
“We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal”
verb
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”
In context
Example Sentences
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
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
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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