Usually means: Forms theories without firm evidence.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. speculates: Merriam-Webster
  2. speculates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. speculates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Speculates, speculates: Wordnik
  5. speculates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. speculates: Wiktionary
  7. speculates: Dictionary.com
  8. speculates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. speculates: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. speculates: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. speculates: Legal dictionary

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  1. speculates: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (speculate)

verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
verb:  (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
verb:  (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
verb:  (intransitive, programming) To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
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