"overspeculate" meaning in All languages combined

See overspeculate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overspeculates [present, singular, third-person], overspeculating [participle, present], overspeculated [participle, past], overspeculated [past]
Etymology: From over- + speculate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|speculate}} over- + speculate Head templates: {{en-verb}} overspeculate (third-person singular simple present overspeculates, present participle overspeculating, simple past and past participle overspeculated)
  1. (finance) To spend too much money in speculation. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-overspeculate-en-verb-b~JXgsAc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Topics: business, finance
  2. To speculate excessively.
    Sense id: en-overspeculate-en-verb-IsylNDMQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: overspeculation

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