SPECULATION
\spˌɛkjʊlˈe͡ɪʃən], \spˌɛkjʊlˈeɪʃən], \s_p_ˌɛ_k_j_ʊ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SPECULATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
By Princeton University
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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"
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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Examination by the eye; view.
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Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
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The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
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Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.
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A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
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Power of sight.
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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.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of speculating: mental view: contemplation: theory: the buying goods, etc., to sell them at an advance.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] The act of speculating;-mental view of any thing in its various aspects and relations; contemplation;-intellectual examination ; -train of thought formed by meditation; conclusions or results of abstract or scientific thought;-views of a subject not verified or reduced to practice;-conjecture; guess;-power of sight; -a certain game of cards ;-act or practice of buying land or goods, &c., in expectation of a rise of price and of selling them at an advance, as distinguished from a regular trade.
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