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speculate

/ˈspɛk.jəˌleɪt/

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What does speculate mean?

verb

  1. To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
  2. To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
  3. To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. (obsolete) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈspɛk.jəˌleɪt/

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What the explanation of this gift, power, or intuition may be, is perhaps better left to the psychologist to speculate upon.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
To dream that you are in need, denotes that you will speculate unwisely and distressing news of absent friends will oppress you.
Gustavus Hindman MillerTen Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical ExpositionProject Gutenberg ebook #926
More book examples (3)
If we could dissociate ourselves from the material universe, our habitat, we should probably speculate much less about its past and future.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet LetterProject Gutenberg ebook #33
Most of these details I noted later, for I was given but little time to speculate on the wonders of my new discovery.
Edgar Rice BurroughsA princess of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #62