1. speculate

verb. ['ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt'] to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.

Rhymes with Speculate

• accumulate
• adulate
• angulate
• annihilate
• appellate
• articulate
• assimilate
• benlate
• boilerplate
• breastplate
• calculate
• circulate
• coagulate
• congratulate
• contemplate
• copulate
• correlate
• crenelate
• depopulate
• desolate

How do you pronounce speculate?

Pronounce speculate as ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt.

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Sentences with speculate

1. Verb, base form
Do not speculate about the cause of your burning fingertips.

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
“Ulalume” was published the year of her death, and some speculate she was its inspiration.

Quotes about speculate

1. When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I'm dead. The power of numbers is never more evident than when we use them to speculate on the time of our dying.
- Don DeLillo, White Noise

2. speculate

verb. ['ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt'] talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion.

3. speculate

verb. ['ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt'] reflect deeply on a subject.

4. speculate

verb. ['ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt'] invest at a risk.