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speculate
verb
1 speculate
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize.
Roget 675:
try,
essay;
experiment
etc.
463;
endeavor,
strive;
tempt,
attempt,
make an attempt;
venture,
adventure,
speculate,
take one's chance,
tempt fortune;
try one's fortune,
try one's luck,
try one's hand;
use one's endeavor;
feel one's way,
grope one's way,
pick one's way.
try hard,
push,
make a bold push,
use one's best endeavor;
do one's best
etc.
(exertion)
686.
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Roget 799a:
speculate,
invest,
trade,
trade stocks,
play the market;
buy long,
sell short,
take a position,
straddle;
take a plunge,
plunge in,
take a flier [Coll.].
Roget 794:
barter,
exchange,
swap,
swop†,
truck,
scorse†;
interchange
etc.
148;
commutate
etc.
(substitute)
147;
compound for.
trade,
traffic,
buy and sell,
give and take,
nundinate†;
carry on a trade,
ply a trade,
drive a trade;
be in business,
be in the city;
keep a shop,
deal in,
employ one's capital in.
trade with,
deal with,
have dealings with;
transact business with,
do business with;
open an account with,
keep an account with.
bargain;
drive a bargain,
make a bargain;
negotiate,
bid for;
haggle,
higgle†;
dicker [U.S.];
chaffer,
huckster,
cheapen,
beat down;
stickle,
stickle for;
out bid,
under bid;
ask,
charge;
strike a bargain
etc.
(contract)
769.
speculate,
give a sprat to catch a herring;
buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market,
buy low and sell high;
corner the market;
rig the market,
stag the market.
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Roget 621:
chance
etc.
(hap)
156;
stand a chance
etc.
(be possible)
470.
toss up;
cast lots,
draw lots;
leave to chance,
trust to chance,
leave to the chapter of accidents,
trust to the chapter of accidents;
tempt fortune;
chance it,
take one's chance,
take a shot at it
(attempt)
675;
run the risk,
run the chance,
incur the risk,
incur the chance,
encounter the risk,
encounter the chance;
stand the hazard of the die.
speculate,
try one's luck,
set on a cast,
raffle,
put into a lottery,
buy a pig in a poke,
shuffle the cards.
risk,
venture,
hazard,
stake;
ante;
lay,
lay a wager;
make a bet,
wager,
bet,
gamble,
game,
play for;
play at chuck farthing.
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Roget 514:
suppose,
conjecture,
surmise,
suspect,
guess,
divine;
theorize;
presume,
presurmise†,
presuppose;
assume,
fancy,
wis†,
take it;
give a guess,
speculate,
believe,
dare say,
take it into one's head,
take for granted;
imagine
etc.
515.
put forth;
propound,
propose;
start,
put a case,
submit,
move,
make a motion;
hazard out,
throw out a suggestion,
put forward a suggestion,
put forward conjecture.
allude to,
suggest,
hint,
put it into one's head.
suggest itself
etc.
(thought)
451;
run in the head
etc.
(memory)
505;
marvel if,
wonder if,
wonder whether.
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Dutch: veronderstellen
2 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.
Dutch: speculeren
3 speculate
Reflect deeply on a subject:
— Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years.
synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over ... show more.
Roget 441:
see,
behold,
discern,
perceive,
have in sight,
descry,
sight,
make out,
discover,
distinguish,
recognize,
spy,
espy,
ken [Scot.];
get a sight of,
have a sight of,
catch a sight of,
get a glimpse of,
have a glimpse of,
catch a glimpse of;
command a view of;
witness,
contemplate,
speculate;
cast the eyes on,
set the eyes on;
be a spectator of
etc.
444;
look on
etc.
(be present)
186;
see sights
etc.
(curiosity)
455;
see at a glance
etc.
(intelligence)
498.
look,
view,
eye;
lift up the eyes,
open one's eye;
look at,
look on,
look upon,
look over,
look about one,
look round;
survey,
scan,
inspect;
run the eye over,
run the eye through;
reconnoiter,
glance round,
glance on,
glance over turn one's looks upon,
bend one's looks upon;
direct the eyes to,
turn the eyes on,
cast a glance.
observe
etc.
(attend to)
457;
watch
etc.
(care)
459;
see with one's own eyes;
watch for
etc.
(expect)
507;
peep,
peer,
pry,
take a peep;
play at bopeep†.
look full in the face,
look hard at,
look intently;
strain one's eyes;
fix the eyes upon,
rivet the eyes upon;
stare,
gaze;
pore over,
gloat on;
leer,
ogle,
glare;
goggle;
cock the eye,
squint,
gloat,
look askance.
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Roget 451:
think,
reflect,
cogitate,
excogitate†,
consider,
deliberate;
bestow thought upon,
bestow consideration upon;
speculate,
contemplate,
meditate,
ponder,
muse,
dream,
ruminate;
brood over,
con over;
animadvert,
study;
bend the mind,
apply the mind
etc.
(attend)
457;
digest,
discuss,
hammer at,
weigh,
perpend;
realize,
appreciate;
fancy
etc.
(imagine)
515;
trow†.
take into consideration;
take counsel
etc.
(be advised)
695;
commune with oneself,
bethink oneself;
collect one's thoughts;
revolve in the mind,
turn over in the mind,
run over in the mind;
chew the cud upon,
sleep upon;
take counsel of one's pillow,
advise with one's pillow.
rack one's brains,
ransack one's brains,
crack one's brains,
beat one's brains,
cudgel one's brains;
set one's brain to work,
set one's wits to work.
harbor an idea,
entertain an idea,
cherish an idea,
nurture an idea
etc.
453;
take into one's head;
bear in mind;
reconsider.
occur;
present itself,
suggest itself;
come into one's head,
get into one's head;
strike one,
flit across the view,
come uppermost,
run in one s head;
enter the mind,
pass in the mind,
cross the mind,
flash on the mind,
flash across the mind,
float in the mind,
fasten itself on the mind,
be uppermost in the mind,
occupy the mind;
have in one's mind.
make an impression;
sink into the mind,
penetrate into the mind;
engross the thoughts.
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Dutch: overpeinzen, overdenken, overwegen, stilstaan bij, contempleren, mediteren, studeren
4 speculate
Invest at a risk.
synonym: job.
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