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speculate
verb(spec-u-late)
invest at a risk
Synonyms: job,
speculate
verb(spec-u-late)
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize,
speculate
verb(spec-u-late)
reflect deeply on a subject
Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over,
Examples:
Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years.
speculate
verb(spec-u-late)
talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion

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