speculation in English dictionary

  • speculation

    Meanings and definitions of "speculation"

    • The process of thinking or meditating on a subject
    • A judgment or conclusion reached by speculating
    • (business, finance) An investment involving higher than normal risk in order to obtain a higher than normal return
    • noun
      The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
    • noun
      (philosophy)
      The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
    • noun
      A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
    • noun
      (business, finance)
      An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
    • noun
      The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
    • noun
      Examination by the eye; view.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Power of sight.
    • noun
      A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
    • process of thinking
    • judgment or conclusion reached by speculating
    • risky investment
    • gambling (on stocks)
    • noun
      an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"
    • noun
      a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
    • noun
      a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
    • noun
      continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"

    Synonyms of "speculation" in English dictionary

    thoughtfulness, investment funds, conjecture are the top synonyms of "speculation" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of speculation

    • speculation ( plural  speculations)
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