speculation
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～ an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"
speculation
— Navneord
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～ continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"
speculation
— Navneord
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～ a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
speculative
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
speculative
— Tillægsord
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～ not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
speculative
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
speculatively
— Biord
– Engelsk
～ with speculation; in a speculative manner; "he looked at her speculatively"
speculativeness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ financial risk; "he rejected stocks that didn't pay dividends because of their speculativeness"
speculativeness
— Navneord
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～ the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation; "her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence"
speculator
— Navneord
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～ someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
speculator
— Navneord
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～ someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
speculum
— Navneord
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～ a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
speculum
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
speech communication
— Navneord
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～ (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
speech defect
— Navneord
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～ a disorder of oral speech
speech
— Navneord
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～ (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
speech intelligibility
— Navneord
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～ the intelligibility of speech (usually measured in the presence of noise or distortion)
speech
— Navneord
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～ the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
speech
— Navneord
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～ the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"