speculate
Verb
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- 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
- reflect deeply on a subject
- "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
- invest at a risk
- To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
- To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
- To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
- To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin speculātus, perfect active participle of speculor (“to watch, observe, examine, spy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from specula (“a watchtower”), ultimately from speciō (“to look at”).
Synonyms
chew over, conjecture, contemplate, excogitate, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, job, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, suppose, theorise, theorize, think over
Scrabble Score: 13
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