Definition of Speculate

Verb

  • 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"
  • 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"
    - chew over - think over - mull over
  • 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"
  • to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
    "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Word games points for the Speculate

  • Scrabble® score of the speculate (13)
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Unscramble speculate

526 unscramble word found using the letters speculate.
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