SPECULATE


Meaning of SPECULATE in English

(~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

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