All 10 Uses of
speculate
in
Catch-22
- He brooded in ponderous speculation over the cryptic message he had just received.
Chpt 4 (definition 1) *speculation = thought and theorizing
- Speculation grew rampant among his closest friends.
Chpt 8 (definition 1)speculation = guessing and theorizing
- ...when they speculated on the political value of Major Major's resemblance to Henry Fonda, Captain Black asserted that Major Major really was Henry Fonda;
Chpt 11 (definition 1)speculated = thought
- 'I'm probably just as good an atheist as you are,' she speculated boastfully.
Chpt 18 (definition 1)speculated = pursued a line of thought
- Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him.
Chpt 21 (definition 2)speculations = risky investments
- ...a Rockefeller, whose wealth was amassed through unscrupulous speculations in crude petroleum;
Chpt 23 (definition 2)speculations = investments
- If you run into trouble, just tell everybody that the security of the country requires a strong domestic Egyptian-cotton speculating industry.
Chpt 24 (definition 2)speculating = investing
- A strong Egyptian-cotton speculating industry means a much stronger America.
Chpt 24 (definition 2) *
- It was obvious to the chaplain now that he was not particularly well suited to his work, and he often speculated whether he might not be happier serving in some other branch of the service, as a private in the infantry or field artillery, perhaps, or even as a paratrooper.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)speculated = wondered
- 'Can't you stop by my tent on your way up to the hospital and punch one of them in the nose for me?' he speculated aloud.
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (speculate as in: don't know, but I'll speculate) to think about, wonder, guess or theorize with much uncertainty
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(2) (speculate as in: speculate in the stock market) to take a risk for profit--typically a risky investment