Speculate
verb
Form a theory without firm evidence
“Without evidence, she declined to speculate about the motive behind the deletion.”
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What does speculate mean?
Commonly confused with
- NotState as established fact
- NotCarefully confirm
- NotLoudly prove
Nearby words
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