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Speculate Past Tense
The past tense of Speculate is speculated.
1. speculate
verb. ['ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt'] to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
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Etymology
- speculatus (Latin)
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.
Antonyms
Etymology
- speculatus (Latin)
