- SPECULATIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SPECULATIVE is involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation; also : theoretical rather than demonstrable How to use speculative in a sentence
- SPECULATIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
speculative adjective (DONE FOR PROFIT) Add to word list bought or done in order to make a profit in the future: a speculative venture
- Speculative Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SPECULATIVE meaning: 1 : based on guesses or ideas about what might happen or be true rather than on facts; 2 : tending to think about what might happen or be true tending to speculate
- speculative adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of speculative adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- SPECULATIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Someone who has a speculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing His mother regarded him with a speculative eye
- Speculative - definition of speculative by The Free Dictionary
1 pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning 2 theoretical, rather than practical 3 given to speculation, as a person or the mind 4 of or involving financial speculation spec′u•la`tive•ness, n
- speculative - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
speculative (comparative more speculative, superlative most speculative) Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation quotations
- speculative, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
There are 18 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word speculative, six of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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