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Definitions of speculate:

  • verb:   invest at a risk
  • verb:   to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  • verb:   talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
  • verb:   reflect deeply on a subject
    Example: "Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"


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