Definitions for "Speculate"
To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
To take on a position with the intent of increasing return. The individual or firm that speculates does not use or supply the underlying commodity but is willing to assume some of the price risk associated with the commodity in order to earn a return. Speculators provide the market with liquidity.
is to bet without any intent to hedge or invest in capital.
In commodity trading, to take an option position without the intent of using or supplying the underlying commodity for the purpose of profiting from its price movement. Speculators help provide the market with liquidity.
To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
To engage in the buying or selling of an asset in order to profit by a change in the market price.
Keywords:  bought, want, later, sell, risk
invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"
Keywords:  research, estimation
A estimation made following research
To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.