Definition of speculation

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Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

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Trancscendental :: Trancscendental (a.) Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation, imagery, or diction..
Daydream :: Daydream (n.) A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
Freethinking :: Freethinking (a.) Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.
Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly..
Realize :: Realize (v. t.) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation..
Venture :: Venture (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
Owing :: Owing (P. p. & a.) Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Speculative :: Speculative (a.) Given to speculation; contemplative.
Inutility :: Inutility (n.) Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects..
Speculator :: Speculator (n.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price..
Transcendent :: Transcendent (a.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect..
Theoretics :: Theoretics (n.) The speculative part of a science; speculation.
Theorization :: Theorization (n.) The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations..
Freethinking :: Freethinking (n.) Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets..
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