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English to English verb
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to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |  | Example: Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
source: wordnet30
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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 | | Example: We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
source: wordnet30
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reflect deeply on a subject | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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invest at a risk | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing. | | source: webster1913
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