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speculateverb to form an opinion from little or no evidenceI speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place assume, conjecture, daresay, guess, imagine, presume, suppose, surmise, suspect, suspicion(chiefly dialect) conclude, deduce, gather, inferhypothecate, hypothesize, theorizebelieve, conceive, expect, judge, reckon(chiefly dialect), take, think demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate, validateascertain, determine, find out, learn think, cogitate, reflect, reason, speculate, deliberate mean to use one's powers of conception, judgment, or inference.think is general and may apply to any mental activity, but used alone often suggests attainment of clear ideas or conclusions.teaches students how to think cogitate implies deep or intent thinking.cogitated on the mysteries of nature reflect suggests unhurried consideration of something recalled to the mind.reflecting on fifty years of married life reason stresses consecutive logical thinking.able to reason brilliantly in debate speculate implies reasoning about things theoretical or problematic.speculated on the fate of the lost explorers deliberate suggests slow or careful reasoning before forming an opinion or reaching a conclusion or decision.the jury deliberated for five hours in 1599 |