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1)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"
    Synonyms :chew_over contemplate excogitate meditate mull mull_over muse ponder reflect ruminate think_over mastigar_mais contemplar excogitar meditar ruminar refletir especular pensar_sobre rumiar разжевывать 咀嚼 размышлять созерцать hacer_ideal 思考 выдумывать reflexionar_sobre reflexionar reflejan медитировать 冥想 仔细考虑 穆塞 pensar_en отражать 反映 反刍 спекулировать продумать 推测 掂量 熟考 masticare ruminer kauen_über 새기다 contemplare nachdenken 이상_씹어 contempler betrachten 찬찬히 以上をかむ 궁리 숙고하다 推測 ミューズ 思いを巡らす よく考えてみる rimuginare riflettere ruminare speculare meditieren grübeln_über reflektieren wiederkäuen spekulieren überlegen méditer reflètent spéculer réfléchir 명상 뮤즈 숙고 반영 생각_해_봐요 
    See Also: cerebrate  meditation  contemplation  muller  muse  premeditate  theologise  introspect  bethink  cogitate  question  puzzle  consider 
 
2)to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
    Synonyms :conjecture hypothecate hypothesise hypothesize suppose theorise theorize conjectura hipotecar supor especular teorizar 假设 conjetura гипотеза 猜想 hipótesis ипотека предположить 抵押 的推测 supongo спекулировать предположим, теоретизировать 推测 推论 理论化 予想 仮定 congettura vermutung 추측 推測 仮説を立てる 仮設を立てる 理論化 学説 ipotecare ipotizzare speculare supponiamo teorizzare verpfänden hypothese spekulieren angenommen theoretisieren hypothéquer l'hypothèse hypothèse spéculer supposons théoriser 가설 생각 이론화 
    See Also: anticipate  supposal  conjecture  hypothesis  hypothesis  conjecture  conjecture  theoretician  theorisation  theory  speculator  construct  develop 
 
3)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"
    Synonyms :especular спекулировать 推测 推測 speculare spekulieren spéculer 
    See Also: reason  conjecture  speculator  guess  say 
 
4)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"
    Synonyms :job trabalho especular trabajo работа 工作 спекулировать 推测 推測 仕事 lavoro speculare spekulieren spéculer 
    See Also: commit  speculation  plunger  bull 
 




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