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English verb: speculate | |||
| 1. | speculate (cognition) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | ||
| Samples | Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps. | ||
| Examples | They speculate that there was a traffic accident | ||
| Synonyms | conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anticipate, expect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | construct, develop, explicate, formulate, reconstruct, retrace | ||
| 2. | speculate (communication) 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 | ||
| Samples | We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reason | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | guess, hazard, pretend, say, suppose, venture | ||
| 3. | speculate (cognition) reflect deeply on a subject | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cerebrate, cogitate, think | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bethink, cogitate, consider, introspect, premeditate, puzzle, question, study, theologise, theologize, wonder | ||
| 4. | speculate (possession) invest at a risk | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | job | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | commit, invest, place, put | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bull | ||
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