speculate

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

intransitive obsolete

(obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

Japanese Meaning

じっくりと考察する、熟慮する / 深く思索して黙考する / （古風な意味で）沈思黙考する

Late in the evening, he would often sit by the window and speculate about the meaning of his dreams.

夜遅く、彼はしばしば窓辺に座って夢の意味について思索にふけった。

Sense（1）

(obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.

We can speculate that in many instances the sharks are not feeding on their victims, but only in a few cases can we guess what they are doing.

Sense（3）

(intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.

Sense（4）

(intransitive, programming) To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.

speculates

（ present singular third-person ）

speculating

（ participle present ）

speculated

（ participle past ）

speculated

（ past ）