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Bookmark or Share- Speculating Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. a. : to meditate on or ponder a subject : reflect. b. : to review something idly or casually and often inconclusively. 2. : to assume a business risk in hope of gain. especially : to make a relatively risky investment in something (such as stocks or real estate) in the hope of making a large short-term profit from market fluctuations.
- SPECULATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionaryto form opinions about something without having the necessary information or facts; to make guesses: I’m just speculating about what happened. Officials refused to speculate on the cause of the crash. speculate verb [I] (TRADE) social studies.
- SPECULATION Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comnoun. the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny. a single instance or process of consideration. a conclusion or opinion reached by such contemplation: These speculations are impossible to verify. Synonyms: hypothesis, theory, view, supposition.
- SPECULATING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryto guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain: I don't know why she did it - I'm just speculating. A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash. Journalists are speculating about whether interest rates will be cut.
- SPECULATE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comverb (used without object) , spec·u·lat·ed, spec·u·lat·ing. to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause). Synonyms: cogitate, reflect, think. to indulge in conjectural thought. Synonyms: theorize, suppose, surmise, guess, conjecture.
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