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1speculation — n. 1 the act or an instance of speculating; a theory or conjecture (made no speculation as to her age; is given to speculation). 2 a a speculative investment or enterprise (bought it as a speculation). b the practice of business speculating. 3 a… …
2Speculation — Spec u*la tion, n. [L. speculatio a spying out, observation: cf. F. sp[ e]culation.] 1. The act of speculating. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Examination by the eye; view. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] (b) Mental view of anything in its various… …
3Speculation — Speculator redirects here. For the village, see Speculator, New York. For the Montana mining incident, see Speculator Mine disaster. This article is about the financial term. For other uses, see Speculation (disambiguation). Financial market… …
4Speculation about Mona Lisa — Mona Lisa , or La Gioconda (La Joconde) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci. Perhaps the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa is the subject of a great deal of theorizing and speculation. [ …
5Pine Barrens speculation — From 1789 to 1796, Georgia governors George Walton, Edward Telfair and George Mathews, while in office made gifts of three times as much land as Georgia then contained. In Montgomery County alone with an area of 407,680 acres (1,650 km²), three… …
6speculative — speculatively, adv. speculativeness, n. /spek yeuh lay tiv, leuh tiv/, adj. 1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach. 2. theoretical, rather than …
7speculative — /ˈspɛkjələtɪv/ (say spekyuhluhtiv) adjective 1. relating to, of the nature of, or characterised by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning. 2. theoretical, rather than practical. 3. given to speculation, as persons, the mind …
8Speculative — Spec u*la*tive (sp[e^]k [ u]*l[.a]*t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. sp[ e]culatif, L. speculativus.] 1. Given to speculation; contemplative. [1913 Webster] The mind of man being by nature speculative. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Involving, or formed by,… …
9Speculatively — Speculative Spec u*la*tive (sp[e^]k [ u]*l[.a]*t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. sp[ e]culatif, L. speculativus.] 1. Given to speculation; contemplative. [1913 Webster] The mind of man being by nature speculative. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Involving, or formed …
10Speculativeness — Speculative Spec u*la*tive (sp[e^]k [ u]*l[.a]*t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. sp[ e]culatif, L. speculativus.] 1. Given to speculation; contemplative. [1913 Webster] The mind of man being by nature speculative. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Involving, or formed …
