C1verb · intransitive · rare

speculate

speculate · speculates · speculated · speculating

продумати, обдумати, роздумувати

предполагать, спекулировать

vermuten, spekulieren

To make an inference based on inconclusive evidenceTo make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.

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UK/ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/US/ˈspɛk.jəˌleɪt/

» I was just speculating.

Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
vermuten
предполага́тьpredpolagátʹ
(intransitive)To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
spekulieren
спекули́роватьspekulírovatʹ
(intransitive)To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
(intransitive, obsolete)To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
spekulieren, Vermutungen anstellen
размышля́тьrazmyšljátʹ, де́лать предположе́нияdélatʹ predpoložénija
reflect deeply on a subject

Examples

25 sentences

I was just speculating.
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I can only speculate.
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I wouldn't want to speculate.
ruЯ бы не хотел строить какие-либо догадки. — marafon
deIch möchte darüber nicht spekulieren. — Yorwba
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I'm not going to speculate.
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I don't want to speculate.
ruЯ не хочу строить какие-либо догадки. — marafon
deIch möchte darüber nicht spekulieren. — Yorwba
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

(obsolete in English) to meditate:

to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence:

to make a risky trade:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

(obsolete in English) to meditate:

to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin speculātus, perfect active participle of speculor (“to watch, observe,

Borrowed from Latin speculātus, perfect active participle of speculor (“to watch, observe, examine, spy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from specula (“a watchtower”), ultimately from speciō (“to look at”).

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