Speculation

Quick meaning: Speculation is a noun meaning The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.

Meaning

The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.

More Meanings

1. (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
2. A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
3. (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
4. 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.
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. (obsolete) The faculty of sight.
7. (obsolete) An act of looking at something; examination, observation.

Example Sentences

Thou hast no speculation in those eyes.

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts.

To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason".

Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation.

Word Forms

• speculations

Synonyms for speculation

Depending on context, synonyms include surmise, conjecture, venture, supposition, hypothesis, guess.

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