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Rami_reddy451 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Not getting exact idea of a word

what is the meaning of spectulation
  

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There is only one 't' in the word ' speculation '. It has two main meanings (and I quote): 1. conjectural consideration of a matter; conjecture or surmise: a report based on speculation rather than facts.

— Mister Micawber

  • There is only one 't' in the word ' speculation '.
  • It has two main meanings (and I quote): 1.
  • conjectural consideration of a matter; conjecture or surmise: a report based on speculation rather than facts.
  • 2.
  • engagement in business transactions involving considerable risk but offering the chance of large gains, esp.
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There is only one 't' in the word 'speculation'. It has two main meanings (and I quote):

1. conjectural consideration of a matter; conjecture
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I can think of two meanings:
There's financial speculation, as in playing the stock market, or buying real estate with the expectation that the value will go up.

Then there's making an "educated guess" about something. (This is related to the first type, as you can see.)
If you need to make a decision about something in your future, you may collect as much information about it a
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AvangiI'd say it's somewhere between guessing and knowing the outcome for sure.

I think that's correct.
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But not very far from guessing. Keep in mind that the word in this sense carries a somewhat pejorative aura of unreliability, vide these dictionary excerpts:

Reasoning based on
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