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Meaning of "overspeculate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERSPECULATE

overspeculate  [ˌəʊvəˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERSPECULATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overspeculate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overspeculate in English.

WHAT DOES OVERSPECULATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overspeculate in the English dictionary

The definition of overspeculate in the dictionary is to speculate too much.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERSPECULATE

PRESENT

Present
I overspeculate
you overspeculate
he/she/it overspeculates
we overspeculate
you overspeculate
they overspeculate
Present continuous
I am overspeculating
you are overspeculating
he/she/it is overspeculating
we are overspeculating
you are overspeculating
they are overspeculating
Present perfect
I have overspeculated
you have overspeculated
he/she/it has overspeculated
we have overspeculated
you have overspeculated
they have overspeculated
Present perfect continuous
I have been overspeculating
you have been overspeculating
he/she/it has been overspeculating
we have been overspeculating
you have been overspeculating
they have been overspeculating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overspeculated
you overspeculated
he/she/it overspeculated
we overspeculated
you overspeculated
they overspeculated
Past continuous
I was overspeculating
you were overspeculating
he/she/it was overspeculating
we were overspeculating
you were overspeculating
they were overspeculating
Past perfect
I had overspeculated
you had overspeculated
he/she/it had overspeculated
we had overspeculated
you had overspeculated
they had overspeculated
Past perfect continuous
I had been overspeculating
you had been overspeculating
he/she/it had been overspeculating
we had been overspeculating
you had been overspeculating
they had been overspeculating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overspeculate
you will overspeculate
he/she/it will overspeculate
we will overspeculate
you will overspeculate
they will overspeculate
Future continuous
I will be overspeculating
you will be overspeculating
he/she/it will be overspeculating
we will be overspeculating
you will be overspeculating
they will be overspeculating
Future perfect
I will have overspeculated
you will have overspeculated
he/she/it will have overspeculated
we will have overspeculated
you will have overspeculated
they will have overspeculated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overspeculating
you will have been overspeculating
he/she/it will have been overspeculating
we will have been overspeculating
you will have been overspeculating
they will have been overspeculating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overspeculate
you would overspeculate
he/she/it would overspeculate
we would overspeculate
you would overspeculate
they would overspeculate
Conditional continuous
I would be overspeculating
you would be overspeculating
he/she/it would be overspeculating
we would be overspeculating
you would be overspeculating
they would be overspeculating
Conditional perfect
I would have overspeculate
you would have overspeculate
he/she/it would have overspeculate
we would have overspeculate
you would have overspeculate
they would have overspeculate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overspeculating
you would have been overspeculating
he/she/it would have been overspeculating
we would have been overspeculating
you would have been overspeculating
they would have been overspeculating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overspeculate
we let´s overspeculate
you overspeculate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overspeculate
Past participle
overspeculated
Present Participle
overspeculating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERSPECULATE


accumulate
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
calculate
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪt
circulate
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt
coagulate
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪt
congratulate
kənˈɡrætjʊˌleɪt
cumulate
ˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
ejaculate
ɪˈdʒækjʊˌleɪt
emulate
ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt
formulate
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
insulate
ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt
manipulate
məˈnɪpjʊˌleɪt
modulate
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt
populate
ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt
postulate
ˈpɒstjʊˌleɪt
reformulate
riːˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
regulate
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt
simulate
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt
speculate
ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt
stimulate
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt
stipulate
ˈstɪpjʊˌleɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERSPECULATE

oversoak
oversoft
oversold
oversolicitous
oversoon
oversoul
oversow
overspecialise
overspecialize
overspeculation
overspend
overspender
overspending
overspent
overspice
overspill
overspill town
overspilt
overspin
overspread

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERSPECULATE

absquatulate
articulate
chocolate
consulate
copulate
demodulate
depopulate
deregulate
emasculate
geniculate
immaculate
matriculate
ovulate
particulate
recalculate
recirculate
repopulate
reticulate
triangulate
undulate
ungulate

Synonyms and antonyms of overspeculate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overspeculate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERSPECULATE

Find out the translation of overspeculate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overspeculate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overspeculate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overspeculate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overspeculate
570 millions of speakers

English

overspeculate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overspeculate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overspeculate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overspeculate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overspeculate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overspeculate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overspeculate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyesuaikan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overspeculate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overspeculate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overspeculate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overspeculate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overspeculate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overspeculate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिप्रमाणात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overspeculate
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overspeculate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overspeculate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overspeculate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overspeculate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overspeculate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overspeculate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overspeculate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overspeculate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overspeculate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSPECULATE»

The term «overspeculate» is used very little and occupies the 170.671 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSPECULATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overspeculate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overspeculate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overspeculate

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERSPECULATE»

Discover the use of overspeculate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overspeculate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Carpenter
He says: ' ' During periods of prosperity, men overspeculate, overinvest and overwork ; during periods of depression, the recollection of recent disaster results in underbuying and underproduction, thus accentuating the distress. As normal ...
‎1908
2
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
... currency existed, and, consequently, a disposition on the part of the people to overspeculate and plunge, as in 1836, into ruinous debts and a state of bankruptcy,then the convention might have been subject to the charge of having acted ...
‎1920
3
Political economy in connexion with the moral state and ...
... might be far more crowded, than under a liberal system of expenditure on the part of merchants. It is true, that the same general recklessness which leads men to overspend, might lead them to overspeculate ; but it is far more to the latter ...
Thomas Chalmers, 1852
4
The Week's Progress: A Select Review of World News & Views
We play and we overplay. We eat and we overeat. We speculate and we overspeculate. "The most pressing need is more time for thought. After all, it is not action that keeps things moving, but thought, and that nation is not the greatest and the ...
‎1903
5
Collections
... a disposition on the part of the people to overspeculate and plunge, as in 1836, into ruinous debts and a state of bankruptcy, then the convention might have been subject to the charge of having acted from fear and anxious apprehension in ...
‎1918
6
ABA Journal
The claims-made form has no open- ended "tail" after the expiration date of the policy, thus allowing underwrites to compute premiums with greater certainty about future losses and establish reserves without having to overspeculate about  ...
7
Oil Bulletin; Official Monthly Magazine, Chamber of Mines ...
... land for a period not exceeding fiveyears and in amount not exceeding one half the actual value of the security. Any tendency to over-borrow or to overspeculate, which always comes in times of easy money is regulated in the new system.
‎1914
8
Future Trading: Hearings Before ..., 67-1 on H.R. 168 ..., ...
We feel that these transactions do permit persons to overspeculate, and as I have already touched that question I will dismiss section 3 by saying that we agree with the bill. Mr. Tincher. Do the words "puts and calls," "indemnities," or "ups and  ...
United States. Congress. House. Agriculture Committee, 1921
9
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Had an inflated condition of the currency existed, and, consequently, a disposition on the part of the people to overspeculate and plunge, as in 1836, into ruinous debts and a state of bankruptcy, then the convention might have been subject to ...
Milo Milton Quaife, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1918
10
Public Policy: Jul.-Dec.,1903
We speculate and we overspeculate. The most pressing need is more time for thought. After all, it is not action that keeps things moving, but thought, and that nation is not the greatest and most powerful which does not produce men who think ...
‎1903

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERSPECULATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overspeculate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lego Products Reveal New 'Force Awakens' Character
... tweet, an offhand comment, a blurry set photo, fans can be sure to gobble it up immediately as canon and overspeculate as to its importance. «Dork Side of the Force, Jul 15»
2
The Internet Goes Completely Mad Over Two Rebellious Lloose …
One black and one white llama—who may or may not be in love, but let's not overspeculate—escaped, sending police on a wild goose chase. «WhoSay, Feb 15»
3
Scientists Send Message From France To India Using Noninvasive …
It is very easy to overspeculate the long term implicatons of early clinical research, but the potential changes to society this technology could ... «KpopStarz, Sep 14»
4
Warner Bros. Hires Two Writers for Two Separate 'Aquaman' Scripts
Lets not overspeculate. Those arent really horrible directors so give it a chance. DAVIDPD. This is could be totally epic or a huge GREEN ... «First Showing, Aug 14»
5
Flying to the U.S.? Make Sure Your Cellphone Is Charged.
“This is not something to overreact to or overspeculate about. But it's something we felt was necessary.” The TSA has not disclosed which ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 14»
6
Homeland Security calls for tighter airport security amid potential …
JEH JOHNSON, Secretary of Homeland Security: People shouldn't overreact to it or overspeculate about what's going on. But there clearly are ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 14»
7
South Africa: War Rising
But the truth is, today we are at war with our fight against crime, women abuse and the media that seem to overspeculate and sensationalize. «News24, Feb 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Overspeculate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overspeculate>. May 2024 ».
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