All 9 Uses of
speculate
in
Breaking Dawn by Meyer
- Part of my head was sorting through fact and memory and speculation, while the other half—the part that controlled the ability to move even the smallest muscles—was stunned beyond the capacity for normal operations.
Book 1speculation = thought
- The others listened to my speculating in silence.
Book 2speculating = wondering aloud
- He pursed his lips, speculating.
Book 2speculating = wondering
- "You don't know that."
"No. But it's interesting to speculate," Carlisle said in a soothing voice.
Book 2speculate = guess or theorize
- Even when I met the eyes of the girl who was—no contest—the hottest girl in the park and probably in the city, and she stared right back with a speculation that looked like interest, I felt nothing.
Book 2speculation = wondering
- I knew they were speculating away, but I didn't care. I was staring at the most beautiful face in the world.
Book 3
- Garrett continued toward Kate despite the warning, his lips pursed in speculation.
Book 3speculation = thought
- I guessed he was trying not to speculate too much, trying to keep my behavior off his mind.
Book 3 *speculate = think to try to figure something out when there can be no certainty
- All the guard watched, speculation in their eyes, as the latecomers crossed the invisible border without difficulty.
Book 3speculation = thinking or guessing with uncertainty; or the resulting thought or guess
Definition:
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(speculate as in: don't know, but I'll speculate) to think about, wonder, guess or theorize with much uncertainty