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speculative
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French speculatif or directly from Late Latin speculativus, from Latin speculor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?kjul??t?v/
- Hyphenation: spec?u?la?tive
Adjective
speculative (comparative more speculative, superlative most speculative)
- Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
- "Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came […] and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?"
- Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
- 2015, Paul Wilson, Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance (in The Guardian, 18 April 2015)[1]
- Little seemed on when Sánchez cut in from the left and sent a speculative low shot through a crowd of players, but though Federici had it covered he could not hold on to the ball and it squirmed over the line through his legs.
- 2015, Paul Wilson, Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance (in The Guardian, 18 April 2015)[1]
- Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.
Derived terms
- speculative damages
- speculative fiction
- speculatively
- speculativeness
- speculative philosophy
- speculative realism
Related terms
- speculate
- speculation
- speculativity
Translations
See also
- conjectural
Italian
Adjective
speculative
- feminine plural of speculativo
Latin
Adjective
specul?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of specul?t?vus
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basic
English
Etymology
base +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?be?s?k/
- Rhymes: -e?s?k
- Hyphenation: ba?sic
Adjective
basic (comparative more basic, superlative most basic)
- Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
- (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
- (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
- 2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
- I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic.
- 2014, Trevor Thrall, "Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be", The Daily Campus (Southern Methodist University), Volume 99, Issue 54, 3 February 2014, page 4:
- And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic. My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
- 2015, Lily Kunda, "A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7:
- "I couldn't get into it, I could barely understand what he's saying – it had too much cursing and explicit language," said Cortnee Brandon. "I think his lyrics are easy...he's basic. Kendrick Lamar is kind of overrated."
- 2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:bare-bones
- (chemistry): alkaline
Antonyms
- (chemistry): acidic
Derived terms
- basically
- BASIC
Translations
Noun
basic (plural basics)
- A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
- Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
- An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
- (military) Basic training.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- SABIC
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English BASIC.
Noun
basic m (invariable)
- (computing) BASIC
Anagrams
- bisca
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
basic m (feminine singular basica, masculine plural basics, feminine plural basicas)
- basic
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