speculate /spekˈū-lāt/

1. To reflect
2. To theorize
3. To make conjectures or guesses
4. To take risk in hope of gain, esp in buying and selling

1. To look at or into, view, examine (lit or figurative; archaic)
2. To observe (archaic)
3. To view in a mirror (obsolete)
4. To make conjectures about (obsolete)

speculāˈtion noun

1. An act of speculating or its result
2. Theorizing
3. Conjecture
4. Mere guesswork
5. A more or less risky investment of money for the sake of unusually large profits
6. A card game in which trumps are bought and sold
7. Vision (obsolete)
8. Viewing (obsolete)
9. An observer (Shakespeare)

specˈulātist noun

1. A speculative philosopher
2. A speculator

specˈulātive (or /-ət-/) adjective

Of the nature of, based on, given to, speculation or theory

specˈulatively adverb

specˈulativeness noun

specˈulātor noun

1. Someone who speculates in any sense
2. A watchman, lookout (archaic)

specˈulatory adjective

1. Exercising speculation
2. Adapted for spying or viewing (archaic)

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