SPECULATION

Meaning of SPECULATION in English

Pronunciation: ˌ spe-ky ə - ' l ā -sh ə n

Function: noun

Date: 14th century

: an act or instance of speculating: as a : assumption of unusual business risk in hopes of obtaining commensurate gain b : a transaction involving such speculation

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SPECULATION — n speculation (1. thought, reflection; 2. [Com.])
Interlingua English vocab
SPECULATION — hunahuna
English-Visayan vocabulary
SPECULATION — noun Date: 14th century an act or instance of speculating: as, assumption of unusual business risk in hopes of obtaining …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPECULATION — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin speculation-, speculatio act of spying out, exploration, contemplation, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPECULATION — (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance …
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — /spek'yeuh lay"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — noun Date: 14th century : an act or instance of speculating: as a. : assumption of unusual business risk in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPECULATION — noun power of sight. 2. speculation ·noun examination by the eye; view. 3. speculation ·noun the act of speculating. 4. …
Webster English vocab
SPECULATION — [spec.u.la.tion] n (14c): an act or instance of speculating: as a: assumption of unusual business risk in hopes of obtaining …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPECULATION — speculation BrE AmE ˌspek ju ˈleɪʃ ə n -jə- AmE \ -jə- ▷ speculation|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPECULATION — / ˌspekjuˈleɪʃn; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] speculation (that ... ) | speculation (about / over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPECULATION — spec ‧ u ‧ la ‧ tion /ˌspekjəˈleɪʃ ə n, ˌspekjʊˈleɪʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPECULATION — n. 1 the act or an instance of speculating; a theory or conjecture (made no speculation as to her age; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPECULATION — n. 1 the act or an instance of speculating; a theory or conjecture (made no speculation as to her age; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPECULATION — n.1 the act or an instance of speculating; a theory or conjecture (made no speculation as to her age; is …
Oxford English vocab
SPECULATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a matter for speculation/conjecture (= something people discuss and wonder about ) ▪ His future …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPECULATION — [noun]The rumours that they are about to marry have been dismissed as pure speculation. [U]After he was dropped from the …
Cambridge English vocab
SPECULATION — noun 1 making guesses about sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , intense , much , widespread ▪ further , increasing , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPECULATION — n. 1 conjecture, guess, hypothesis, theory, guesswork, postulation, surmise, supposition, opinion My speculations have often proved true Both the steady-state …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SPECULATION — сущ. 1) размышление, обдумывание (about) to indulge in speculation ≈ предаваться размышлениям idle speculation ≈ пустые размышления wild speculation ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPECULATION — speculation.ogg ͵spekjʋʹleıʃ(ə)n n 1. размышление, обдумывание to engage in speculation on man's ultimate destiny - размышлять о судьбах человечества in …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPECULATION — n 1. размышление, обдумывание to engage in speculation on man's ultimate destiny - размышлять о судьбах человечества in consequence of …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPECULATION — сущ. 1) размышление, обдумывание ( about ) to indulge in speculation — предаваться размышлениям idle speculation — пустые размышления wild …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPECULATION — сущ. 1) размышление, обдумывание (about) to indulge in speculation — предаваться размышлениям idle speculation — пустые размышления wild speculation — необузданные мысли a flurry of …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPECULATION — _n. 1> размышление 2> теория, предположение 3> спекуляция; игра на бирже; on speculation = on spec {см. spec}
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SPECULATION — n. 1. размышление 2. теория, предположение 3. спекуляция; игра на бирже; on speculation = on spec {см. spec}
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SPECULATION — сущ. 1) спекуляция 2) сделка 3) биржевая игра 4) размышление 5) предположение - bear speculation - bull speculation - buy on speculation - heavy speculation - share in a speculation - …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
SPECULATION — _n. 1> размышление 2> теория, предположение 3> спекуляция; игра на бирже; on speculation = on spec {см. spec}
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SPECULATION — спекуляция; биржевая игра - speculation for a fall - speculation for a rise - speculation in futures - speculation on …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
SPECULATION — спекуляция, сделка, биржевая игра, размышление, предположение buy on speculation покупать для спекуляции
Англо-Русский экономический словарь
SPECULATION — сущ. 1) размышление, обдумывание (about) to indulge in speculation ≈ предаваться размышлениям idle speculation ≈ пустые размышления wild speculation ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPECULATION — (n.) Power of sight.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — (n.) A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — (n.) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or …
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — (n.) Examination by the eye; view.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — (n.) The act of speculating.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECULATION — ( n. ) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — ( n. ) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — ( n. ) The act of speculating.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — ( n. ) Power of sight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — ( n. ) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — ( n. ) Examination by the eye; view.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — ( n. ) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — ( n. ) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — ( n. ) A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECULATION — n. contemplation, deliberation; conjecture, hypothesis; act of engaging in risky business transactions; buying and selling of commodities in order to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPECULATION — see speculate
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPECULATION — see speculate
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPECULATION — Synonyms and related words : abstraction, actuarial prediction, advisement, agiotage, analysis, apocalypse, arbitrage, betting, blind guess, bold conjecture, brainwork, brooding, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPECULATION — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: THOUGHT 1, brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, deliberation, reflection Related Words: excogitation, review, studying, weighing 2 Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SPECULATION — n. 1. Contemplation, intellectual examination, mental view. 2. Theory, scheme, hypothesis, supposition, conjecture, view, a priori reasoning, reflection.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SPECULATION — noun 1. Synonyms: thought 1, brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, deliberation, reflection Related Word: excogitation, review, studying, weighing 2. Synonyms: theory 2, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPECULATION — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SPECULATION — See ↑ GUESS 5
Longman Activator English vocab
SPECULATION — n. meditation, thinking 1) to indulge in ~ 2) idle; wild ~ 3) a flurry of ~ 4) ~ about …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SPECULATION — Purchasing risky investments that hold the possibility of large profits , but also have a higher than average possibility of …
Hypertextual Finance English Glossary
SPECULATION — taking large risks, especially with respect to trying to predict the future; gambling, in the hopes of making quick, large …
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
SPECULATION — An attempt to profit from commodity price changes through the purchase and/or sale of commodity futures. In the process, the …
A Guide to Futures and Options Market Technology English vocab
SPECULATION — Gambling on a risky investment in hopes of a high payoff down the road.
Mutual Fund English Glossary
SPECULATION — Спекуляция
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SPECULATION — размышление
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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