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speculation
  1. The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
  2. (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
  3. A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
  4. (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
  5. The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
  6. Examination by the eye; view.
  7. (obsolete) Power of sight.
  8. A card game 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.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “It is my speculation that the researcher for this article sacrificed honest and fair research for personal profit.”
      “The pair were engrossed in conversation for more than an hour, fuelling speculation the overworked minister had unwisely opened her heart to a political opponent.”
      “Wildcatting for oil in some parts of Alaska is perfectly legitimate, but the wildcatter should fully realize that his enterprise is a risky speculation.”
speculator
  1. One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
  2. One who forms theories; a theorist.
  3. (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principle for the potential of substantial returns.
  4. (rugby) Synonym of field goal
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    1. “When markets turn vulnerable, the enterprising speculator may this time decide to reverse his long position and go short.”
      “He ceased farming and became a speculator with dreams of millions in his brain.”
      “For example, Josiah Royce was a philosophical speculator with a predilection for discursive and physical wandering.”
speculatist
  1. One who speculates; a theorist.
speculativity
  1. The quality or state of being speculative.
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speculativeness
  1. The quality or state of being speculative.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He is careful throughout to acknowledge the speculativeness of his hypotheses.”
      “All three shows play a double game, noting either the absurdity or the sheer speculativeness of their subject matter while merrily fearmongering.”
      “The article and the dissertation decidedly follow such speculativeness.”
speculating
speculatings
  1. plural of speculating
speculations
  1. plural of speculation
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    1. “Abhorring theological speculations, he did not commend renouncing the world and living the life of a recluse.”
      “His speculations in this regard, while intriguing, are teased from the silent ether and rely heavily on the fact of her general mendacity.”
      “Toward the end of the twentieth century there was plenty to fuel the speculations of the millenarianists.”
speculatists
  1. plural of speculatist
speculators
  1. plural of speculator
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    1. “It was inevitable, because highly leveraged and overextended lenders and speculators lead to eventual ruin.”
      “Also, speculators still had many units on hand and had been liquidating their holdings.”
      “Auckland has become a city of renters who aren't looking after the property they rent, a city of speculators there to make a buck.”
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