speculate
spec
ˈspɛk
spek
u
jə
yē
late
ˌleÉĒt
leit
/spˈɛkjƊlˌe‍ÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "speculate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to form a theory or opinion about a subject without knowing all the facts
Intransitive: to speculate about sth | to speculate on sth
to speculate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Without clear details, they could only speculate about the cause of the sudden power outage.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to believe or assume something is true based on limited or unclear evidence
Transitive: to speculate that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Based on the clues, he speculated that the missing item was hidden somewhere nearby.
āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to think deeply about something or consider different possibilities
Intransitive: to speculate on a subject
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the conversation, I could n’t help but speculate on her true feelings.
āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a risky investment while hoping to profit from it
Intransitive: to speculate in an asset or market
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She speculated in cryptocurrency, hoping to cash in on the volatile market.
āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāϭ⧇āϰ āφāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

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