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speculate
Overview of verb speculate
The verb speculate has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose -- (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps")
2. (4) speculate -- (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")
3. (1) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate -- (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")
4. speculate, job -- (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")
Antonyms of verb speculate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb speculate
4 senses of speculate
Sense 1
speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> expect, anticipate
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 2
speculate
=> reason
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 4
speculate, job
=> invest, put, commit, place
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb speculate
4 senses of speculate
Sense 1
speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> reconstruct, construct, retrace
=> explicate, formulate, develop
Sense 2
speculate
=> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
=> suppose, say
Sense 3
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> premeditate
=> theologize, theologise
=> introspect
=> bethink
=> cogitate
=> wonder, question
=> puzzle
=> study, consider
Sense 4
speculate, job
=> bull
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb speculate
4 senses of speculate
Sense 1
speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> expect, anticipate
Sense 2
speculate
=> reason
Sense 3
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 4
speculate, job
=> invest, put, commit, place
'Cause To' of verb speculate
Derived Forms of verb speculate
4 senses of speculate
Sense 1
speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
RELATED TO>(adj) speculative#2
=> notional, speculative
RELATED TO>(noun) speculation#2
=> speculation, conjecture
RELATED TO>(noun) speculator#1
=> speculator
Sense 2
speculate
RELATED TO>(adj) speculative#2
=> notional, speculative
RELATED TO>(noun) speculation#1
=> guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
RELATED TO>(noun) speculator#1
=> speculator
Sense 3
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
RELATED TO>(adj) speculative#3
=> inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(prenominal)
RELATED TO>(noun) speculation#4
=> meditation, speculation
Sense 4
speculate, job
RELATED TO>(adj) speculative#1
=> bad, risky, high-risk, speculative
RELATED TO>(noun) speculation#3
=> speculation, venture
RELATED TO>(noun) speculator#2
=> speculator, plunger
Domain of verb speculate
Domain Terms of verb speculate
Familiarity of verb speculate
speculate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb speculate
4 senses of speculate
Sense 1
speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
EX: They speculate that there was a traffic accident
Sense 2
speculate
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
speculate, job
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb speculate
4 senses of speculate
Sense 1
speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
> expect, anticipate
=> think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess
=> assume, presume, take for granted
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> believe, trust
Sense 2
speculate
> reason
=> rationalize away, rationalise away
=> theorize
=> theorize
=> ratiocinate
=> calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
=> categorize, categorise
=> speculate
Sense 3
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
> think, cogitate, cerebrate
=> puzzle over
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> think
=> philosophize, philosophise
=> brainstorm
=> chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> reason
=> reason, reason out, conclude
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> study, meditate, contemplate
=> plan
=> associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
=> give, pay, devote
=> think about
=> think
=> think
Sense 4
speculate, job
> invest, put, commit, place
=> fund
=> roll over
=> shelter
=> tie up
=> speculate, job
=> buy into
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb speculate
Sense 1
speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> expect, anticipate
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Sense 2
speculate
=> reason
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Sense 3
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
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Sense 4
speculate, job
=> invest, put, commit, place
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Grep of verb speculate
speculate
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