Speculation is growing apace.
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Speculation
//ˌspɛk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "speculation" (145 found)
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Strong matches (44)
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playplayingplungeponderingpostulationpredictionprefigurationprefigurementprefiguringpresagepresagingpresentimentpreshowingpresignifyingprime investmentprobabilityprofit takingprognosisprognosticationpromise
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Noun(5 words)
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2 entriesderived from
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4 entriesis a
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Translations
71 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَكَهُّنٌ noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- مُضَارَبَة noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
Bulgarian
4 entries- предположе́ние noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- размишле́ние noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- спекулация noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
- спекулация noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
Catalan
2 entries- especulació noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- especulació noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 投機 /投机 noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
- 投機倒把 /投机倒把 noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
Dutch
2 entries- giswerk noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- speculatie noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
Finnish
4 entries- johtopäätös noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- järkeily noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- keinottelu noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
- mietiskely noun (process of thinking or meditation)
French
3 entries- spéculation noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- spéculation noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- spéculation noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Georgian
2 entries- სპეკულაცია noun (philosophy: act or process of reasoning from premises given or assumed)
- სპეკულაცია noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
German
4 entries- Betrachtung noun (philosophy: act or process of reasoning from premises given or assumed)
- Spekulation noun (philosophy: act or process of reasoning from premises given or assumed)
- Spekulation noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- Spekulation noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Indonesian
3 entries- spekulasi noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- spekulasi noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
- spekulasi noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
Irish
1 entries- amhantraíocht noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Italian
1 entries- speculazione noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Japanese
2 entries- 投機 noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
- 投機 noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
Korean
2 entries- 사행 noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
- 투기 noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
Māori
3 entries- kōrero takuahi noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- kōrero takuahi noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- pūmāramarama noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spekulasjon noun (process of thinking or meditation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- spekulasjon noun (process of thinking or meditation)
Polish
3 entries- spekulacja noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- spekulacja noun (philosophy: act or process of reasoning from premises given or assumed)
- spekulacja noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Portuguese
4 entries- especulação noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- especulação noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- especulação noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
- especulação noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
Russian
4 entries- предположе́ние noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- размышле́ние noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- спекули́рование noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
- спекуля́ция noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Spanish
4 entries- especulación noun (process of thinking or meditation)
- especulación noun (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating)
- especulación noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
- especulación noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
Swedish
1 entries- spekulation noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Ukrainian
4 entries- спекуля́ція noun (philosophy: act or process of reasoning from premises given or assumed)
- спекуля́ція noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
- спекуля́ція noun (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes)
- ґешефтя́рство noun (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
No speculation has taken place concerning the motives.
Source: tatoeba (280209)
He sometimes indulges himself in idle speculation.
Source: tatoeba (298394)
He lost the greater part of his fortune in speculation.
Source: tatoeba (301910)
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