speculate • \SPEK-yuh-layt\
Means:
1 a : to meditate on or ponder a subject : reflect
*b : to think or theorize about something in which evidence is too slight for
certainty to be reached
2 : to assume a business risk in hope of gain; especially : to buy or sell in
expectation of profiting from market fluctuation
Example sentence: Mia's abrupt firing caused her coworkers to speculate endlessly
about what she might have done wrong
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