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speculate

Definition of speculate (English)

verb

  1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
    • Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
    sumber: wordnet30
  2. 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
    sumber: wordnet30
  3. 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
    sumber: wordnet30
  4. 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
    sumber: wordnet30
  5. To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
    sumber: webster1913
  6. To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.
    sumber: webster1913