English-Thai Dictionary

speculate

VI พิจารณา  ใคร่ครวญ  contemplate meditate pi-ja-ra-na

 

speculate about

PHRV คาดเดา  กะ  เก็ง  theorize about kad-dao

 

speculate in

PHRV เสี่ยง พนัน กับ  sing-pa-nan-kab

 

speculate on

PHRV คาดเดา  กะ  เก็ง  speculate about kad-dao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPECULATE

v.i.[L. speculor, to view, to contemplate, from specio, to see. ] 1. To meditate; to contemplate; to consider a subject by turning it in the mind and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; as, to speculate on political events; to speculate on the probable results of a discovery.
2. In commerce, to purchase land, goods, stock or other things, with the expectation of an advance in price, and of selling the articles with a profit by means of such advance; as, to speculate in coffee, or in sugar, or in six percent stock, or in bank stock.

 

SPECULATE

v.t.To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPECULATE

Spec "u *late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speculated; p. pr. & vb. n.Speculating.] Etym: [L. speculatus, p.p. of speculari to spy out, observe, fr. specula a lookout, fr. specere to look. See Spy. ]

 

1. To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude to the external regulations of society. Hawthorne.

 

2. (Philos.)

 

Defn: To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.

 

3. (Com. )

 

Defn: To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.

 

SPECULATE

SPECULATE Spec "u *late, v. t.

 

Defn: To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

speculate

spec u late |ˈspekyəˌlāt ˈspɛk (j )əˌleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence: my colleagues speculate about my private life | [ with clause ] : observers speculated that the authorities wished to improve their image. 2 invest in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss: he didn't look as though he had the money to speculate in stocks. DERIVATIVES spec u la tor |-ˌlātər |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin speculat- ‘observed from a vantage point, ’ from the verb speculari, from specula ‘watchtower, ’ from specere ‘to look. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

speculate

speculate |ˈspɛkjʊleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence: my colleagues speculate about my private life | [ with clause ] : observers speculated that the authorities wished to improve their image. 2 invest in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss: he didn't look as though he had the money to speculate in shares. DERIVATIVES speculator noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin speculat- ‘observed from a vantage point ’, from the verb speculari, from specula ‘watchtower ’, from specere ‘to look ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

speculate

speculate verb 1 they speculated about my private life: conjecture, theorize, hypothesize, guess, surmise; think, wonder, muse. 2 investors speculate on the stock market: gamble on, take a risk on, venture in, wager on; invest in, play.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

speculate

speculate verb 1 my colleagues speculate about my private life: conjecture, theorize, form theories, hypothesize, make suppositions, postulate, guess, make guesses, surmise; think, wonder, muse. 2 investors can make profits from speculating on the stock market: gamble, take a risk /chance, venture, take a venture, wager; invest, play the market; Brit. informal have a flutter, punt.

 

French Dictionary

spéculateur

spéculateur , trice n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Personne qui fait de la spéculation financière.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

speculate

spec u late /spékjəlèɪt /〖原義は 「熟考する 」; 「投機する 」の意味は1785年Thomas Jeffersonから 〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -lating 自動詞 1 (十分な知識 根拠がなく ) «…について » (あれこれと )推測する , 考えをめぐらせる (guess ), 推測でものを言う ; 熟考 [思索 ]する «on, about , as to, upon » ▸ speculate on what might happen [his motive ]何が起こるだろうと [彼の動機について ]あれこれ考える .2 «…に » 投機する , «…を » 思惑 （おもわく ）買い [売り ]する «in , on » .他動詞 〖～ that節 /wh節 〗…だと […かを ]推測する , 考える ▸ The police speculate that the fire started in the kitchen .警察ではその火災の火元は台所だとみている .