All 5 Uses of
speculate
in
Going After Cacciato
- He walked on and considered this, figuring the odds, speculating on how Cacciato might lead them through the steep country, beyond the mountains, deeper, and how in the end they might reach Paris.
Chpt 1speculating = wondering
- He was speculating. Figuring the odds.
Chpt 40speculating = wondering or thinking
- The pastime of whole armies--trench speculation, battlefield dreams, men figuring how, if suddenly free, they would deploy the rest of their lives.
Chpt 40speculation = thinking
- It was speculation. A way of playing with the possibilities, figuring out step by step how it might be done.
Chpt 40speculation = a line of thought not necessarily connected to real events
- It is one thing to speculate about what might be. It is quite another to act in behalf of our dreams, to treat them as objectives that are achievable and worth achieving.
Chpt 44 *speculate = think or consider
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
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, speculation can refer to a gambling card game that was popular in the past.