speculationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/speculation noun [ C or U ] (GUESS)
C1 the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain:
Rumours that they are about to marry have been dismissed as pure speculation.
Speculation about his future plans is rife.
[ + that ] News of the president's illness fuelled/prompted speculation that an election will be held later in the year.
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- He had tried to damp down speculation about the state of his marriage.
- Her resignation ends months of speculation about her future.
- The statement excited new speculation that a senior minister may be about to resign.
- The prime minister's speech fuelled speculation that she is about to resign.
- The minister dismissed the newspaper reports as pure speculation.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- guesstimate
- overestimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- shot
- sneaking
- supposition
- surmise
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speculation noun [ C or U ] (TRADING)
the act of speculating in order to make a profit
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Stock markets
- arbitrage
- bear
- bourse
- buy-in
- cash
- cash out sth
- dead cat bounce
- dividend
- Dow Jones
- haircut
- intangible asset
- investment
- mature
- maturity
- negotiable
- rogue trader
- stockbroker
- stockholder
- trading
- unit trust
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