How do you use Speculate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like theorize or ponder, plus the exact meaning.
Speculate meaning
- To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
- To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
- To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
Synonyms of Speculate
Using Speculate
- The main meaning on this page is: To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate. | To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture. | To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
- Useful related words include: theorize, ponder, meditate, think over.
- In the example corpus, speculate often appears in combinations such as: to speculate, speculate that, speculate on.
Context around Speculate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Speculate
- In this selection, "speculate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fans and responsibly stand out and add context to how "speculate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bouts some speculate he is and can only speculate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "speculate" sits close to words such as ah, awaits and berkshire, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with speculate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dr Edgeley says he could not speculate. (7 words)
All anyone could do was speculate and theorize. (8 words)
But it is premature to speculate on the outcome, he cautioned. (11 words)
A big heart with two wings stands out in the middle of his chest, which made fans speculate if part 9 will be a re-telling of part 5, "'s new timeline and alternate universe, just like part 8 was inspired by "Diamond is Unbreakable. (45 words)
And so it’s kind of hard to speculate at this stage you know, where that – what that may mean, but there’s you know certainly nothing on the agenda right now around, you know, significant capital requirements into that business. (41 words)
Graves did not speculate about the Vandenberg event, and his statements were just one part of an extraordinary hearing to feature the first public, unclassified testimony from servicemembers about what they believe they witnessed in the skies. (37 words)
Advanced analytics talk about things like wins above replacement, but how can one not speculate what the Steelers’ record would have been in the seven games he missed, during which they actually went 1-6? (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
We can only speculate about what 50 Cent might say, so we should take his words with a grain of salt since we can only speculate.
A big heart with two wings stands out in the middle of his chest, which made fans speculate if part 9 will be a re-telling of part 5, "'s new timeline and alternate universe, just like part 8 was inspired by "Diamond is Unbreakable.
Advanced analytics talk about things like wins above replacement, but how can one not speculate what the Steelers’ record would have been in the seven games he missed, during which they actually went 1-6?
After his last few bouts, some speculate he is on the downside of his career.
All anyone could do was speculate and theorize.
And had one of the other characters been given an opportunity to speculate, they would say something probably different and informed by what their experience of life had been or what they thought.
And so it’s kind of hard to speculate at this stage you know, where that – what that may mean, but there’s you know certainly nothing on the agenda right now around, you know, significant capital requirements into that business.
Bellingcat reported that an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zellensky went on his Telegram channel to speculate that Russia was behind the leak.
But it is premature to speculate on the outcome, he cautioned.
But many continued to speculate and a debate sparked in the comments, as the price varies depending on where you're located.
But until we delve further into this data, I don’t want to speculate on what the reasons are.
Coming to the personal life of this famous personality, many of his fans speculate that, according to his age, he might be married.
Dr Edgeley says he could not speculate.
Fans continue to speculate on Jamie’s condition, and some even doubt Corinne’s latest update.
Fans were quick to speculate that Fox and Kelly had split in the comments.
Forrester Creations’ CEO office seems like the perfect spot for everyone to gather and speculate about what Ridge is planning.
Fortunately, we do not have to speculate to answer these questions because modern history is full of examples to inform our thinking on this subject.
Graves did not speculate about the Vandenberg event, and his statements were just one part of an extraordinary hearing to feature the first public, unclassified testimony from servicemembers about what they believe they witnessed in the skies.
Hallinan told Radio NL he would not speculate how much the 2024 property tax increase in Kamloops could be at this time.
Here's a way to speculate responsibly and hopefully pick up your tab.
Common combinations with speculate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to speculate 102×
- speculate that 44×
- speculate on 39×
- speculate about 25×
- only speculate 13×
- fans speculate 11×
- not speculate 10×
- speculate what 7×
- some speculate 7×
- speculate as 7×