speculate
11speculate — verb ADVERB ▪ openly, publicly ▪ Commentators are openly speculating on whether the accusation is false. ▪ widely ▪ wildly ▪ The British press speculated …
12speculate — 01. She [speculated] as to her friend s motives. 02. The President has refused to [speculate] on whether military intervention will be necessary. 03. I really can t [speculate] at this point as to who the Prime Minister will include in his new… …
13speculate — [[t]spe̱kjʊleɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ speculates, speculating, speculated 1) VERB If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. [V prep] Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals… …
14speculate */ — UK [ˈspekjʊleɪt] / US [ˈspekjəˌleɪt] verb Word forms speculate : present tense I/you/we/they speculate he/she/it speculates present participle speculating past tense speculated past participle speculated 1) [intransitive/transitive] to consider… …
15speculate — spec|u|late [ˈspekjuleıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of speculari to watch (secretly) , from specere to look (at) ] 1.) [I and T] to guess about the possible causes or effects of something, without knowing all the… …
16speculate — spec|u|late [ spekjə,leıt ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to consider or discuss why something has happened: speculate on/about: We can only speculate on the reasons for his sudden resignation. speculate that: Archaeologists speculate… …
17speculate — verb 1 (I, T) to think or talk about the possible causes or effects of something without knowing all the facts or details (+ on/about): We can only speculate about why he did it. | speculate that: George began to speculate that the two events… …
18speculate — spec•u•late [[t]ˈspɛk yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often fol. by on or upon) 2) to indulge in conjectural thought 3) bus to buy or sell commodities, property, stocks, etc., esp. at risk of a… …
19speculate — verb 1) they speculated about my private life Syn: conjecture, theorize, hypothesize, guess, surmise; think, wonder, muse 2) investors speculate on the stock market Syn: gamble on, take a risk on, v …
20speculate — verb 1) they speculated about my private life Syn: conjecture, theorize, hypothesize, guess, surmise, wonder, muse 2) investors speculate on the stock market Syn: gamble, venture, wager …
