speculated

Definition of speculated in English English dictionary: past of speculate
speculate: to make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble
speculate: to think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to deliberate or cogitate
speculate: to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture
speculate: to pursue inquiries and form conjectures
speculate: {v} to meditate, consider, hazard, to purchase in expectatin of a rise of price
speculate: 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"
speculate: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
speculate: 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"
speculate: If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head The reader can speculate what will happen next. + speculation speculations specu·la·tion The President has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy minister
speculate: 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"
speculate: To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events
speculate: To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori
speculate: 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
speculate: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" 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" 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
speculate: To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing
speculate: To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock
speculate: {f} consider, reflect, ponder, wonder; theorize, hypothesize; engage in risky business transactions; buy and sell commodities to profit from market fluctuations
speculate: If someone speculates 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 speculated in property whose value has now dropped

speculated

Hyphenation

spe·cu·la·ted

Turkish pronunciation

spekyıleytıd

Pronunciation

/ˈspekyəˌlātəd/ /ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtəd/

Etymology

[ 'spe-ky&-"lAt ] (verb.) 1599. Latin speculatus, past participle of speculari to spy out, examine, from specula watchtower, from specere to look, look at; more at SPY.

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