speculate
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- (intransitive) When you speculate, you guess about the truth when you don't have all the important information.
- I speculated that Tom and Jerry's marriage would not last a year.
- It was speculated that the artist had been murdered.
- (intransitive) (money) If you speculate, you make risky investments with the hope of making a large profit.
- He lost a lot of money by speculating in stocks.