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"ref": "1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, page 171",
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"ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36",
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin speculātus, past participle of speculor (“look out”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speciō (“look at”).",
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{
"form": "speculates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "speculating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "speculated",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
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"form": "speculated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"word": "species"
},
{
"word": "spectacle"
},
{
"word": "spectacular"
},
{
"word": "speculation"
},
{
"word": "speculative"
},
{
"word": "speculator"
}
],
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"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate."
],
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[
"think",
"think"
],
[
"meditate",
"meditate"
],
[
"reflect",
"reflect"
],
[
"deliberate",
"deliberate"
],
[
"cogitate",
"cogitate"
]
],
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"(obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate."
],
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"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
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{
"ref": "1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, page 171",
"text": "We can speculate that in many instances the sharks are not feeding on their victims, but only in a few cases can we guess what they are doing.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36",
"text": "It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture."
],
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[
"inference",
"inference"
],
[
"inconclusive",
"inconclusive"
],
[
"evidence",
"evidence"
],
[
"surmise",
"surmise"
],
[
"conjecture",
"conjecture"
]
],
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"(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"en:Business",
"en:Finance"
],
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{
"ref": "1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 345",
"text": "Some preliminary legal arrangements were made, but the scheme proceeded no further, as the various local authorities concerned were unwilling to speculate public funds on what was, even at that date, a will o' the wisp.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble."
],
"links": [
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"finance",
"finance#Noun"
],
[
"risky",
"risky"
],
[
"trade",
"trade"
],
[
"profit",
"profit"
],
[
"venture",
"venture"
],
[
"gamble",
"gamble"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"finance"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Programming"
],
"glosses": [
"To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance."
],
"links": [
[
"programming",
"programming#Noun"
],
[
"anticipate",
"anticipate"
],
[
"branch",
"branch"
],
[
"code",
"code"
],
[
"execute",
"execute"
],
[
"in advance",
"in advance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, programming) To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"programming",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛk.jəˌleɪt/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspek.jəˌlæɪt/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razmišljavam",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "размишлявам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chénsī",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "沉思"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "spekulere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "pohtia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "pohdiskella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "spéculer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "spekulieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "Vermutungen anstellen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "mereng"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "spekulál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "cogitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "meditare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "escogitare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "kohuki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "whakaaroaro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razmyšljátʹ",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "размышля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ predpoložénija",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "де́лать предположе́ния"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to meditate",
"word": "spekulera"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spekuliram",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "спекулирам"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "gætte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "vermoeden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "arvailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "jossitella"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "vermuten"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "theōréō",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "θεωρέω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "spekulál"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "spekular"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "berspekulasi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "speculare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "elucubrare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "kohuki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gdybać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predpolagátʹ",
"sense": "to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence",
"word": "предполага́ть"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spekuliram",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "спекулирам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "spekulovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "spekulere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "speculeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "keinotella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "spekuloida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "spéculer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "spekulieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "spekulál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "speculare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "giocare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "investire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "approfittarsi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "spekulować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spekulírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "спекули́ровать"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a risky trade",
"word": "spekulera"
}
],
"word": "speculate"
}
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"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian past participle forms",
"Italian verb forms"
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
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"glosses": [
"inflection of speculare:",
"second-person plural present indicative"
],
"links": [
[
"speculare",
"speculare#Italian"
]
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"indicative",
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"present",
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]
},
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],
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"speculare#Italian"
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"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"word": "speculate"
}
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"Italian past participle forms"
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "speculato"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of speculato"
],
"links": [
[
"speculato",
"speculato#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"participle",
"plural"
]
}
],
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}
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"tags": [
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]
}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Latin 4-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
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],
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]
],
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"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[s̠pɛkʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɛ]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/spe.kuˈla.te/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[spekuˈläːt̪e]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
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