Definition of Speculating

1. Verb. (present participle of speculate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Speculating

1. speculate [v] - See also: speculate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Speculating

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spectrum line
spectrums
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specular
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specular image
specularities
specularity
specularization
specularizations
specularly
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speculating (current term)
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speculative fictions
speculative philosophies
speculative philosophy
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speculativeness
speculativity
speculator

Literary usage of Speculating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1849)
"... to shun the difficult and ambitious office of judging the present, or of speculating upon the future. CHAPTER XVII. ON THE CONSTITUTION OF SCOTLAND. ..."

2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"speculating what she would do with the money for which she sold her milk, she decided to put it into eggs, which, when hatched, would lead up by slow ..."

3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1840)
"speculating AND FAILING. This is the age of speculations; but however promising they may be, (and there is no lack of promises in any of thcir prospectuses ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1840)
"speculating AND FAILING. This is the age of speculations; but however promising they may be, (and there is no lack of promises in any of their prospectuses ..."

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