{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY July 18, 2019-----------speculate-

WORD OF THE DAY July 18, 2019

speculate    verb | SPEK-yuh-layt   Definition   1 a : to meditate on or ponder a subject : reflect    b : to review something idly or casually and often inconclusively    2 : to assume a business risk in hope of gain; especially : to buy or sell in expectation of profiting from market fluctuations    3 : to take to be true on the basis of insufficient evidence : theorize    4 : to be curious or doubtful about : wonder   Scroll down for more about speculate     TRENDING NOW: condemn gerrymander gerrymandering concentration camp SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   13 Breakfast Foods That Are Also Verbs     'Concave' vs. 'Convex'   'Inflame': Fired with Anger     The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/12/19       WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE     Farm Idioms Quiz   Not your children's farm quiz.     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! TAKE ME THERE        Did You Know?   Speculate was adopted into English in the late 16th century from Latin speculatus, the past participle of the verb speculari, which means "to spy out" or "to examine." Speculari, in turn, derives from specula, meaning "lookout post," and ultimately from the Latin verb specere, meaning "to look (at)." Other conspicuous descendants of specere are inspect and suspect. Some less obvious descendants are the words despise, species, specimen, and as you may have speculated, conspicuous.     Examples of SPECULATE   "Both celebrities have been tweeting each other for a while now, leading fans to speculate about their relationship status." — Suzette Fernandez, Billboard.com, 5 June 2019   "Live footage showed that two hundred firefighters were attempting to tame the flames. Meanwhile talking heads droned on and on, speculating about the source of the spark that destroyed the cathedral's wooden roof and nave or how many billions it would cost to rebuild." — Christopher Schaefer, Commonweal, 17 May 2019   Word Family Quiz   What English adjective is related to the Latin verb specere ("to look") and has the meaning "careful to consider all possible consequences"?   VIEW THE ANSWER              MORE WORD FUN:       WORD GAMES            TRENDING NOW            WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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