Word
Speculation
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
spec-u-la-tion
Definition
- n. - The act of speculating.
- n. - Examination by the eye; view.
- n. - Mental view of anything in its various aspects and
relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
- n. - The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises
given or assumed.
- 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.
- n. - Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with
a chance for large profits.
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