Speculating can be categorized as a verb.
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| speculate - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" | ||
| speculate - talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal" | ||
| speculate - invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" | ||
| speculate - reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
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| 1. | verb | He has been speculating on his future. | |
| 2. | verb | I am speculating that he may win the game. | |
| 3. | verb | We were speculating. | |
| 4. | verb | I'm not speculating. | |
| 5. | verb | I was just speculating. | |
| 6. | verb | In a Club, though there mayn’t be a soul of your acquaintance in the room, you have always the chance of watching strangers, and speculating on what is going on within those tents and curtains of their souls, their coats and waistcoats. This is a never-failing sport. Indeed I am told there are some Clubs in the town where nobody ever speaks to anybody. They sit in the coffee-room, quite silent, and watching each other. | |
| 7. | verb | I wouldn't want to speculate. | |
| 8. | verb | Would you care to speculate? | |
| 9. | verb | I can only speculate. | |
| 10. | verb | I'm not going to speculate. | |
| 11. | verb | It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thought suffices them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action. | |
| 12. | verb | As to what happened there, one can only speculate. | |
| 13. | verb | Some speculate that unknown and mysterious forces account for the unexplained disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle, such as extraterrestrials capturing humans for study; the influence of the lost continent of Atlantis; vortices that suck objects into other dimensions; and other whimsical ideas. | |
| 14. | verb | The filmmakers can only speculate why McQueen, who struggled with drug addiction, took his life. | |
| 15. | verb | Sami didn't want to speculate. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| He has been speculating on his future. | |
| I am speculating that he may win the game. | |
| We were speculating. | |
| I'm not speculating. | |
| I was just speculating. | |
| In a Club, though there mayn’t be a soul of your acquaintance in the room, you have always the chance of watching strangers, and speculating on what is going on within those tents and curtains of their souls, their coats and waistcoats. This is a never-failing sport. Indeed I am told there are some Clubs in the town where nobody ever speaks to anybody. They sit in the coffee-room, quite silent, and watching each other. | |
| I wouldn't want to speculate. | |
| Would you care to speculate? | |
| I can only speculate. | |
| I'm not going to speculate. | |
| It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thought suffices them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action. | |
| As to what happened there, one can only speculate. | |
| Some speculate that unknown and mysterious forces account for the unexplained disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle, such as extraterrestrials capturing humans for study; the influence of the lost continent of Atlantis; vortices that suck objects into other dimensions; and other whimsical ideas. | |
| The filmmakers can only speculate why McQueen, who struggled with drug addiction, took his life. | |
| Sami didn't want to speculate. | |