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speculate

English

🔊 to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
“Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps”
🔊 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
“We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal”
🔊 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”
🔊 reflect deeply on a subject
“I mulled over the events of the afternoon”