Speculation

What do we mean by speculation?

Reasoning based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or supposition. noun

A conclusion, opinion, or theory reached by conjecture. noun

Contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation. noun

Engagement in risky business transactions on the chance of quick or considerable profit. noun

A commercial or financial transaction involving speculation. noun

The act or state of speculating, or of seeing or looking; intelligent contemplation or observation; a viewing; inspection. noun

The pursuit of truth by means of thinking, especially mathematical reasoning and logical analysis; meditation; deep and thorough consideration of a theoretical question. noun

In philosophy, sometimes, a purely a priori method of philosophizing: but commonly in philosophy the word has the meaning 2, above. noun

The investing of money at a risk of loss on the chance of unusual gain; specifically, buying and selling, not in the ordinary course of commerce for the continuous marketing of commodities, but to hold in the expectation of selling at a profit upon a change in values or market rates. noun

A game at cards, the leading principle of which is the purchase of an unknown card on the calculation of its probable value, or of a known card on the chance of no better appearing during the game, a part of the pack not being dealt. noun

The act of speculating. noun

Examination by the eye; view. noun

Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination. noun

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

The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets. noun

Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits. noun

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

Power of sight. noun

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word speculation. Define speculation, speculation synonyms, speculation pronunciation, speculation translation, English dictionary definition of speculation.

Words that are spelled similarly to speculation:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word speculation:
rife, rumours, arose, rumors, might, confirmed, whether, linking, regarding, retire, possibility, announcement, denied, future, bid, theories, concerning, suggested, possible.

Words that rhyme with speculation:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe speculation:
much, philosophical, such, mere, metaphysical, pure, considerable, idle, wild, theological, interesting, abstract, theoretical, further, financial, philosophic, real, scientific, commercial, private, religious, intellectual, curious, greek, excessive, endless, widespread, intense, profitable, sheer, reckless, successful, informed, rational, mystical, ethical, cosmological, vague, over, rampant, bold, fanciful, psychological, rash, vain, ingenious, reasonable, imaginative, useless, mercantile, empty, priori, legitimate, fruitless, feverish, academic, gnostic, geological, profound, barren, utopian, mathematical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective speculation:
led.

Consonant match to speculation:
spiculation.

Words that sound like speculation:
speculation, speculations, speculating, circulation, peculation, speculum, sporulation, speculate, speculated, speculator, osculation, spectation, specula, speculates, circulations, with speculation.