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# speculation

«speculation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **guessing about something without knowing all the facts** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (speculation, speculations; also a speculation)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Speculation is guessing about something without knowing all the facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#m1)

2) A speculation is one such guess or idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#m2)

3) (money) Speculation is buying things such as shares, land or houses hoping to sell them later for more money, which is risky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In news and gossip: «There is speculation that the star will leave the team». In science, a speculation is an idea not yet tested. In money talk it means risky buying. It tells the reader that something is not confirmed. Phrases: «pure speculation», «speculation about», «wild speculation», «fuel speculation».

### examples

- There is a lot of speculation about who will be the new head teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#x1)
- That is just speculation; we don't know for sure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#x2)
- His absence caused speculation that he was ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#x3)
- Scientists' speculation about life on Mars needs evidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#x4)
- He lost his savings through speculation on shares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#x5)
- Stop the wild speculation and wait for the facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/#x6)

### note

Verb: «speculate»; adjective: «speculative». Usually uncountable. Trap: speculation in the news is not fact; check for evidence.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «speculation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speculation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.