SPECULATIVE
\spˈɛkjʊlətˌɪv], \spˈɛkjʊlətˌɪv], \s_p_ˈɛ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of SPECULATIVE
- 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
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
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not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
By Princeton University
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not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
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not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration.
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Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to, or given to, contemplation, reflection, or theorizing.
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Speculatively.
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Speculativeness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Speculatively.
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Given to speculation or theory: ideal: pertaining to speculation in business, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
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Speculatively.
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Pertaining to or involving speculation.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Given to speculation; theoretical; ideal; addicted, or pertaining, to speculation in business; venturesome.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Given to speculation; contemplative; formed by speculation; theoretical; not verified by fact, experiment or practice; adventurous in business.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
