speculate

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  • February 10. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    speculate verb english

    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    speculate verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    speculate verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    speculate verb english

    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"