(~s, speculating, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
It would be unfair to Debby’s family to ~ on the reasons for her suicide...
The doctors ~ that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head...
The reader can ~ what will happen next.
VERB: V prep, V that, V wh
speculation (speculations)
The President has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy minister...
N-VAR
2.
If someone ~s financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.
The banks made too many risky loans which now can’t be repaid, and they ~d in property whose value has now dropped.
VERB: V prep/adv