Synonymer

ÖversättningKontextUttal
Verb
1.spekuleraaffärsekonomi, finanshushållning
2.grubbla
  • Uttal

Definitioner

Verb

  1. (intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
  2. (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
  3. (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.

Exempel

  • It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.
  • It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipspeculated
Imperfektspeculated
Presensparticipspeculating
Tredje person singular indicativ presensspeculates
Tredje person singular indicativ presensspeculateth

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