speculation

speculation
noun
1 making guesses about sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable, intense, much, widespread
▪ further, increasing, renewed
▪ continuing (esp. BrE), endless
▪ recent
▪ pure
▪ mere, sheer
▪

Whether or not he will get the job is mere speculation.

▪ wild
▪ media, press
▪ metaphysical, philosophical
VERB + SPECULATION
▪ cause, encourage, fuel, give rise to, increase, intensify, invite, lead to, prompt, raise
▪ dampen (esp. BrE), dismiss, quash (esp. BrE)
▪ end, put an end to
▪ confirm
▪ indulge in
SPECULATION + VERB
▪ be rife, run rampant (esp. AmE)
▪

Speculation was rife as to who would be chosen as a successor.

▪

With a lack of credible answers, speculation is running rampant.

▪ grow, mount
▪

Speculation is mounting that a new tax will be introduced.

▪ centre/center on, surround
▪

Much speculation surrounds his role in the crisis.

▪ be based on
▪

amateur speculation based on questionable assumptions

▪ link (esp. BrE)
▪

There has been a lot of speculation linking the defender with a move to Chelsea.

PREPOSITION
▪ amid speculation
▪

He was dropped from the team amid speculation that he was sick.

▪ speculation among
▪

This issue has attracted a great deal of speculation among economists.

▪

There was wild speculation among the students as to the reason for postponing the lecture.

▪ speculation about, speculation as to, speculation on, speculation over
▪

There has been increasing speculation over the company's future.

PHRASES
▪ a matter for speculation (esp. BrE), a matter of speculation, a subject of speculation
▪ speculation on sb's part
▪

This is just speculation on my part.

2 buying and selling for profit
ADJECTIVE
▪ financial
▪ market, stock-market (esp. AmE)
▪ currency, land, property (esp. BrE), real estate (AmE), etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ speculation in
▪

speculation in oil

▪ speculation on
▪

speculation on the stock market


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  • Spéculation — est le terme employé à propos des prévisions, ou plutôt des conjectures, sur les marchés financiers. On cherche, en réfléchissant, à prévoir et à anticiper les quantités et les prix futurs, les réactions et activités d autrui, en se mettant à… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Speculation — • A term used with reference to business transactions to signify the investing of money at a risk of loss on the chance of unusual gain Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Speculation     Speculation …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • speculation — Speculation. s. f. v. Action de speculer, La speculation des astres. belle, profonde, continuelle speculation. il n a rien découvert de nouveau avec toutes ses speculations. Il signifie aussi, Les observations escrites par les speculateurs. J ay… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Speculation — Spec u*la tion, n. [L. speculatio a spying out, observation: cf. F. sp[ e]culation.] 1. The act of speculating. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Examination by the eye; view. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] (b) Mental view of anything in its various… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • speculation — spec·u·la·tion /ˌspe kyə lā shən/ n: an act or instance of speculating: as a: assumption of unusual business risk in hopes of obtaining commensurate gain b: a transaction involving such speculation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …   Law dictionary

  • Speculation — (v. lat.), 1) überhaupt Betrachtung, Beschauung, aber nicht die äußere, sinnliche, sondern die innere, geistige sammt der den Inhalt u. die Folgen dieser inneren Betrachtung entwickelnden u. anwendenden Thätigkeit des Denkens. Bes. 2) im… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • speculation — [n1] theory, guess belief, brainwork*, cerebration, cogitation, conjecture, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, excogitation, guesstimate*, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, meditation, opinion, reflection, review, shot, shot in the dark*,… …   New thesaurus

  • Speculation — (vom latein. speculari, scharf nach etwas ausschauen, spähen, um sich blicken, erwägen), dann in der Philosophie das Streben nach und Erringen von eigentlichen Vernunfterkenntnissen d.h. von solchen, welche über die Erfahrung zu den ersten… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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