Engels

Uitgebreide synoniemen voor speculative in het Engels

speculative:

speculative bijvoeglijk naamwoord

  1. speculative
    speculative; hypothetical; theoretical; in theory
  2. speculative
    – showing curiosity 1
    inquisitive; questioning; speculative; wondering
    – showing curiosity 1
    • inquisitive bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive1
    • questioning bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • speculative bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • raised a speculative eyebrow1
    • wondering bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  3. speculative
    – not based on fact or investigation 1
    notional; speculative
    – not based on fact or investigation 1
    • notional bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs1
    • speculative bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • speculative knowledge1
  4. speculative
    – not financially safe or secure 1
    bad; risky; speculative; high-risk
    – not financially safe or secure 1
    • bad bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • a bad investment1
    • risky bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky1
    • speculative bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • speculative business enterprises1
    • high-risk bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Verwante woorden van "speculative":


Alternatieve synoniemen voor "speculative":


Verwante definities voor "speculative":

  1. showing curiosity1
    • raised a speculative eyebrow1
  2. not based on fact or investigation1
    • speculative knowledge1
  3. not financially safe or secure1
    • speculative business enterprises1

speculate:

to speculate werkwoord (speculates, speculated, speculating)

  1. to speculate
    to speculate; to conjecture; bet with shares
  2. to speculate
    to speculate
    • speculate werkwoord (speculates, speculated, speculating)
  3. to speculate
    to guess; to suppose; to speculate; to presume; to estimate; to surmise; to conjecture
    • guess werkwoord (guesses, guessed, guessing)
    • suppose werkwoord (supposes, supposed, supposing)
    • speculate werkwoord (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • presume werkwoord (presumes, presumed, presuming)
    • estimate werkwoord (estimates, estimated, estimating)
    • surmise werkwoord (surmises, surmised, surmising)
    • conjecture werkwoord (conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
  4. to speculate
    to theorize; to conjecture; to speculate; to theorise
    • theorize werkwoord, Amerikaans (theorizes, theorized, theorizing)
    • conjecture werkwoord (conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
    • speculate werkwoord (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • theorise werkwoord, Brits
  5. to speculate
    to venture; to gamble; to speculate; to take a chance; to take a risk; to do risky business
    • venture werkwoord (ventures, ventured, venturing)
    • gamble werkwoord (gambles, gambled, gambling)
    • speculate werkwoord (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • take a chance werkwoord (takes a chance, took a chance, taking a chance)
    • take a risk werkwoord (takes a risk, took a risk, taking a risk)
    • do risky business werkwoord (does risky business, did risky business, doing risky business)
  6. to speculate
    – to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 1
    to suppose; to conjecture; to speculate; to theorize; hypothesize; hypothecate; theorise; hypothesise
    – to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 1
    • suppose werkwoord (supposes, supposed, supposing)
      • Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps1
    • conjecture werkwoord (conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
    • speculate werkwoord (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • theorize werkwoord, Amerikaans (theorizes, theorized, theorizing)
    • hypothesize werkwoord, Amerikaans
    • hypothecate werkwoord
    • theorise werkwoord, Brits
    • hypothesise werkwoord, Brits
  7. to speculate
    – 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 1
    to speculate
    – 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 1
    • speculate werkwoord (speculates, speculated, speculating)
      • We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal1
  8. to speculate
    – invest at a risk 1
    job; to speculate
    – invest at a risk 1
    • job werkwoord
    • speculate werkwoord (speculates, speculated, speculating)
      • I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating1

Conjugations for speculate:

present
  1. speculate
  2. speculate
  3. speculates
  4. speculate
  5. speculate
  6. speculate
simple past
  1. speculated
  2. speculated
  3. speculated
  4. speculated
  5. speculated
  6. speculated
present perfect
  1. have speculated
  2. have speculated
  3. has speculated
  4. have speculated
  5. have speculated
  6. have speculated
past continuous
  1. was speculating
  2. were speculating
  3. was speculating
  4. were speculating
  5. were speculating
  6. were speculating
future
  1. shall speculate
  2. will speculate
  3. will speculate
  4. shall speculate
  5. will speculate
  6. will speculate
continuous present
  1. am speculating
  2. are speculating
  3. is speculating
  4. are speculating
  5. are speculating
  6. are speculating
subjunctive
  1. be speculated
  2. be speculated
  3. be speculated
  4. be speculated
  5. be speculated
  6. be speculated
diverse
  1. speculate!
  2. let's speculate!
  3. speculated
  4. speculating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Verwante woorden van "speculate":


Alternatieve synoniemen voor "speculate":


Verwante definities voor "speculate":

  1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds1
  2. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion1
    • We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal1
  3. invest at a risk1
    • I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating1