|
|
1. (n.) speculation
the contemplation or consideration of some subject.
2. speculation
a single instance or process of consideration.
3. speculation
a conclusion or opinion reached by such contemplation.
4. speculation
conjectural consideration of a matter; conjecture or surmise.
5. speculation
engagement in commercial transactions that involve risk with the hope of profiting as a result of market fluctuations.
Etymology: (1325–75)
|
| Definition of 'speculation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
2. (noun) speculation, conjecture
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
"speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
3. (noun) speculation, venture
an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
"he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"
4. (noun) meditation, speculation
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
"the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"
|
|
|
1. (noun) speculation
when people speculate
News of his resignation is just speculation.
|
| Definition of 'speculation' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) speculation
the act of speculating
2. (noun) speculation
examination by the eye; view
3. (noun) speculation
mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination
4. (noun) speculation
the act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed
5. (noun) speculation
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
6. (noun) speculation
any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
7. (noun) speculation
a conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture
8. (noun) speculation
power of sight
9. (noun) speculation
a game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'speculation' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of speculation 
