Tra từ speculate - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds (Freq. 5)
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
• Syn:
theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise,
hypothecate, suppose
• Derivationally related forms:
supposition (for: suppose), supposal (for: suppose), hypothesis (for: hypothecate), hypothesis (for: hypothesize), conjecture (for: conjecture), theoriser (for: theorise), theorisation (for: theorise), theory (for: theorise), theorizer (for: theorize), theory (for: theorize), speculative, speculation, speculator
• Hypernyms:
expect, anticipate
• Hyponyms:
reconstruct, construct, retrace, explicate, formulate, develop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They speculate that there was a traffic accident
2. 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 (Freq. 4)
- We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
• Derivationally related forms:
speculative, speculation, speculator
• Hypernyms:
reason
• Hyponyms:
guess, venture, pretend, hazard, suppose, say
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 1)
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
• Syn:
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate,
contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate
• Derivationally related forms:
speculative, speculation, ruminative (for: ruminate), rumination (for: ruminate), ruminator (for: ruminate), muller (for: mull), reflective (for: reflect), muse (for: muse), muser (for: muse), musing (for: muse), contemplative (for: contemplate), contemplation (for: contemplate), excogitative (for: excogitate), ponderer (for: ponder), meditative (for: meditate), meditation (for: meditate)
• Hypernyms:
think, cogitate, cerebrate
• Hyponyms:
premeditate, theologize, theologise, introspect, bethink,
cogitate, wonder, question, puzzle, study, consider
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: think over)
- Somebody ----s something (for: chew over)
4. invest at a risk
- I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating
• Syn:
job
• Derivationally related forms:
speculative, speculation, speculator
• Hypernyms:
invest, put, commit, place
• Hyponyms:
bull
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP