speculation

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/ˌspɛk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) making guesses about sth

ADJ

considerable, intense, much, widespread | further, increasing, renewed | continuing, endless | pure

mere

At this point, without any official announcement, everything about the company's future plans is mere speculation.

wild | idle, fruitless

rife

There was rife speculation among the students about who would win the class president election.

media, press | metaphysical, philosophical

VERB + SPECULATION

cause, encourage, fuel, give rise to, increase, intensify, invite, lead to, prompt, raise | dampen, discourage, end, put an end to | dismiss | indulge in

PREP

amid ~

The company announced its merger plans amid speculation about potential job losses.

~ among

There has been a lot of speculation among people about whether the company will close its offices next year.

~ about/as to/on/over

People have been speculating about whether the company will move to a new office next year.

PHRASES

a matter for speculation, a subject of speculation

(noun.) buying and selling for profit

ADJ

financial | market | currency, land, property, etc.

PREP

~ against

Investors were betting heavily, with some speculation against the dollar as interest rates fell.

~ in

Some investors made a lot of money from speculation in real estate during the 1990s.

~ on

There has been much speculation on whether the company will move to a new location next year.

Definitions

noun

The faculty of sight.

Thou hast no speculation in those eyes.

An act of looking at something; examination, observation.

[T]he expression of exultation and content on their animated faces, is one of my most delicious speculations.

The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts.

It ſeems, the Minds of theſe People are ſo taken up with intenſe Speculations, that they neither can ſpeak, nor attend to the Diſcourſes of others, without being rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; for which reaſon, thoſe Perſons who are able to afford it always keep a Flapper (the Original is Climenole) in their Family, as one of their Domeſticks, nor ever walk abroad or make Viſits without him.

The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.

[N]ear the Age of Socrates lived their Great and Renowned Confutius, who began the ſame Deſign, of reclaiming Men from the uſeless and endleſs Speculations of Nature, to thoſe of Morality.

To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason".

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject

meditation

noun — a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjectu

conjecture

noun — a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

guess
conjecture
supposition
surmise
surmisal
hypothesis

noun — an investment that is very risky but could yield great profi

venture

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Thou hast no speculation in those eyes.

Wiktionary

[T]he expression of exultation and content on their animated faces, is one of my most delicious speculations.

Wiktionary

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts.

Wiktionary

Speculation is growing apace.

Tatoeba · #65780

No speculation has taken place concerning the motives.

Tatoeba · #280209

He sometimes indulges himself in idle speculation.

Tatoeba · #298394

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, speculation is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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