0 present participle of speculate --
1 to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain: --
[ + that ] The newspapers have speculated that they will get married next year.
Journalists are speculating about whether interest rates will be cut.
A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash.
I don't know why she did it - I'm just speculating.
2 to buy and sell in the hope that the value of what you buy will increase and that it can then be sold at a higher price in order to make a profit: --
However, some few cases may be so subtle that not only are they hard to find, but speculating on intentionality proves difficult.
One is left speculating as to the representativeness of the case studies and the number of cases which actually involved a mufti^.
As with many attempts to explain, rather than just describe, occurrences in language, we risk speculating about the causes of processes.
The continuing absence of hard evidence on this matter has not prevented researchers from speculating.
It is worth speculating that the presence of these wellestablished understandings could have a bearing upon the outcome of pressures towards social differentiation.
As a first step, the quadratic relationship of the fluorescence intensity versus excitation power has to be demonstrated before speculating on the fluorescence signal.
They conclude by speculating on the reasons for recitation being the main mode of classroom interaction, and how dialog ic discourse can be encouraged.
To put it in context with the rest, they conclude by speculating about the future of the conference and its role in the agents community.
