different between speculate vs theorise

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin specul?tus, past participle of speculor (“look out”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speci? (“look at”)

Verb

speculate (third-person singular simple present speculates, present participle speculating, simple past and past participle speculated)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

   • It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.

2. (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
3. (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
4. (intransitive, programming) To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.

Related terms

• species
• spectacle
• spectacular
• speculation
• speculative
• speculator

Translations

Further reading

• speculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• speculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• peculates

Italian

Verb

speculate

1. second-person plural present indicative of speculare
2. second-person plural imperative of speculare
3. feminine plural of speculato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /spe.ku?la?.te/, [s?p?k????ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spe.ku?la.te/, [sp?ku?l??t??]

Participle

specul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of specul?tus

English

Verb

theorise (third-person singular simple present theorises, present participle theorising, simple past and past participle theorised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theorize.

Anagrams

• isothere, otherise, theories