to speculate (about
11speculate */ — UK [ˈspekjʊleɪt] / US [ˈspekjəˌleɪt] verb Word forms speculate : present tense I/you/we/they speculate he/she/it speculates present participle speculating past tense speculated past participle speculated 1) [intransitive/transitive] to consider… …
12speculate — spec|u|late [ spekjə,leıt ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to consider or discuss why something has happened: speculate on/about: We can only speculate on the reasons for his sudden resignation. speculate that: Archaeologists speculate… …
13speculate — spec•u•late [[t]ˈspɛk yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often fol. by on or upon) 2) to indulge in conjectural thought 3) bus to buy or sell commodities, property, stocks, etc., esp. at risk of a… …
14speculate — verb 1) they speculated about my private life Syn: conjecture, theorize, hypothesize, guess, surmise; think, wonder, muse 2) investors speculate on the stock market Syn: gamble on, take a risk on, v …
15speculate — verb 1) they speculated about my private life Syn: conjecture, theorize, hypothesize, guess, surmise, wonder, muse 2) investors speculate on the stock market Syn: gamble, venture, wager …
16speculate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin speculatus, past participle of speculari to spy out, examine, from specula lookout post, from specere to look, look at more at spy Date: 1599 intransitive verb 1. a. to meditate on or ponder a subject ;… …
17speculate — Synonyms and related words: be abstracted, be caught short, be short, belong, brood, bucket, bucketshop, buy in, buy into, call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, cast lots, cerebrate, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate, consider, contemplate,… …
18speculate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. ponder, contemplate, meditate, theorize, conjecture, surmise; gamble, play the market. See thought, chance, barter. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To think] Syn. contemplate, meditate, muse, reflect,… …
19speculate — v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by on, upon, about) form a theory or conjecture, esp. without a firm factual basis; meditate (speculated on their prospects). 2 tr. (foll. by that, how, etc. + clause) conjecture, consider (speculated how he might achieve… …
20Controversies about the word "niggardly" — In the United States, there have been several controversies concerning the word niggardly, an adjective meaning stingy or miserly, due to its phonetic similarity to the racial slur nigger. The two words are etymologically unrelated. Contents 1… …
