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Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.
Aldrich Ames

Meaning of "speculative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPECULATIVE

speculative  [ˈspɛkjʊlətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPECULATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Speculative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPECULATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Speculative

Speculative may refer to: ▪ For economics usage, see Speculation ▪ For usage in literature, see Speculative fiction ▪ For philosophical usage, see Speculative philosophy and Speculative reason ▪ Speculative execution, in computer systems is doing work, the result of which may not be needed. This performance optimization technique is used in pipelined processors and other systems ▪ Speculative development ▪ Speculative poetry, a genre of poetry that focusses on fantastic, science fictional and mythological themes ▪ Speculative attack, a term used by economists to denote a precipitous acquisition of some assets by previously inactive speculators ▪ Speculative realism, a movement in contemporary philosophy which defines itself loosely in its stance of metaphysical realism against the dominant forms of post-Kantian philosophy or what it terms correlationism ▪ Speculative bubble ▪ The Speculative Society, a Scottish Enlightenment society dedicated to...

Definition of speculative in the English dictionary

The definition of speculative in the dictionary is relating to or characterized by speculation, esp financial speculation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPECULATIVE


accumulative
əˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
articulative
ɑːˈtɪkjʊlətɪv
calculative
ˈkælkjʊlətɪv
circulative
ˈsɜːkjʊlətɪv
coagulative
kəʊˈæɡjʊlətɪv
copulative
ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv
cumulative
ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
dissimulative
dɪˈsɪmjʊlətɪv
ejaculative
ɪˈdʒækjʊlətɪv
emasculative
ɪˈmæskjʊlətɪv
emulative
ˈemjʊlətɪv
expostulative
ɪksˈpɒstjʊlətɪv
granulative
ˈɡrænjʊlətɪv
manipulative
məˈnɪpjʊlətɪv
noncumulative
ˌnɒnˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
recapitulative
ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊlətɪv
regulative
ˈrɛɡjʊlətɪv
simulative
ˈsɪmjʊlətɪv
stimulative
ˈstɪmjʊlətɪv
unspeculative
ʌnˈspekjʊlətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPECULATIVE

spectroscopist
spectroscopy
spectrum
spectrum analyser
spectrum analysis
specula
specular
specularity
specularly
speculate
speculation
speculatist
speculative fiction
speculatively
speculativeness
speculator
speculatory
speculatrice
speculum
speculum metal

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPECULATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of speculative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPECULATIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «speculative» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of speculative

Translation of «speculative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPECULATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

猜测性的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

especulativo
570 millions of speakers

English

speculative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सट्टा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المضاربة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спекулятивный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

especulativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফটকামূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spéculatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spekulatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spekulativ
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

推測の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추측에 근거한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spekulasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu cơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सट्टा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spekülatif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

basato su speculazioni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spekulacyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спекулятивний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

speculativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κερδοσκοπικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spekulatiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spekulativ
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spekulativ
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of speculative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECULATIVE»

The term «speculative» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.119 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECULATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «speculative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «speculative» 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 speculative

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10 QUOTES WITH «SPECULATIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word speculative.
1
Cleveland Abbe
True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they were demonstrated propositions.
2
Douglas Adams
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
3
Samuel Alexander
Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative one to another, or the same person may perceive it partly practically and partly speculatively.
4
Aldrich Ames
Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.
5
Michelangelo Antonioni
I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.
6
Howard Barker
I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative.
7
Ron Chernow
Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the long bull market.
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Honor Harger
We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like.
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Edward Jenner
I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.
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Lawrence R. Klein
An early fascination with higher mathematics at the university level blossomed into speculative thinking that could provide a basis for dealing with economic issues.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPECULATIVE»

Discover the use of speculative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to speculative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Towards Speculative Realism: Essays and Lectures
This collection of essays and lectures show the evolution of his object-oriented metaphysics from its early days into an increasingly developed philosophical position.
Graham Harman, 2010
2
Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming
How to use design as a tool to create not only things but ideas, to speculate about possible futures.
Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby, 2013
3
Speculative Medievalisms: Discography
Dedicated to dialogue and cross-contamination between traditional concepts of speculatio, present-minded premodern studies, and contemporary speculative realist and object-oriented philosophies.
Eileen Joy, Anna Klosowska, 2013
4
SpecLab: Digital Aesthetics and Projects in Speculative ...
Nearly a decade ago, Johanna Drucker cofounded the University of Virginia’s SpecLab, a digital humanities laboratory dedicated to risky projects with serious aims.
Johanna Drucker, 2009
5
The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism
As indicated by the title The Speculative Turn, the new currents of continental philosophy depart from the text-centered hermeneutic models of the past and engage in daring speculations about the nature of reality itself.
Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek, Graham Harman, 2011
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The Speculative Remark: One of Hegel's Bons Mots
Nancy's The Speculative Remark played a significant role in transforming the practice of philosophy away from system building to analysis of specific linguistic detail.
Jean-Luc Nancy, 2001
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Speculative Bubbles, Speculative Attacks, and Policy Switching
This book brings together their research in these areas during the 1980s and early 1990s, highlighting in particular the close relation of their work on bubbles to that of policy switching, or understanding the impact of prospective and ...
Robert P. Flood, 1994
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Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical ...
This volume brings together papers originally presented at a seminar series on Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis, held at the University of Bologna in 1984.
Dino Buzzetti, Maurizio Ferriani, 1987
9
Speculative Security: The Politics of Pursuing Terrorist Monies
Does following the money create security or undermine it?
Marieke de Goede, 2012
10
Distressed Debt Analysis: Strategies for Speculative Investors
'Distressed Debt Analysis' is an essential reference for anyone involved in the valuation, bankruptcy, or restructuring of US-domiciled businesses.
Stephen G. Moyer, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPECULATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term speculative is used in the context of the following news items.
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Speculative Bid declared both a runner and non-runner in Ascot farce
Speculative Bid ran over the 7f of the International Stakes at Ascot without jockey ... and a few minutes later Speculative Bid was officially declared a non-runner. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Cocoa falls on more speculative selling, sugar at 1-month low
NEW YORK/LONDON - Cocoa futures on ICE fell on Friday, on pressure from heavy speculative selling and a commodity-wide selling spree, while raw sugar ... «AG Week, Jul 15»
3
Speculative scheme could create 100 jobs
Building work has started on a speculative multi-let business park in Doncaster, which has attracted interest from a wide range of businesses. It is one of the first ... «Yorkshire Post, May 15»
4
The University of Edinburgh's Speculative Society to begin …
The Speculative Society, which was founded in 1764 and whose previous members have included Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson, voted in favour ... «The Independent, May 15»
5
Horse racing news: Royal Ascot aim for Speculative Bid
David Elsworth is considering giving Speculative Bid another outing before taking a shot at the Royal Hunt Cup. Since returning to action at Kempton in March ... «SkySports, May 15»
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Speculative Bid primed for Royal Ascot after third successive victory
Speculative Bid could return to Ascot for next month's Royal meeting after he stretched his unbeaten record in 2015 to three with a tidy victory in the Totescoop6 ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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Speculative invoicing for downloads a 'bullying tactic'
iiNet originally refused to out its customers, believing they would be used as part of "speculative invoicing" - sending letters demanding downloaders pay large ... «Toowoomba Chronicle, Apr 15»
8
Dollar Risk of Correction Increases as Speculative Appetite Wavers
However, that doesn't make the currency immune to periodic speculative rebalancing. Following a record, nine consecutive months of advance (by the ICE ... «DailyFX, Apr 15»
9
Dollar Exhibits Speculative Frenzy Before FOMC Offers Rate …
Then again, it also possess a short-term volatility risk – particularly for the Dollar – as a recent surge in speculative anxiety has focused the world's attention. «DailyFX, Mar 15»
10
M&M, SBI and Coal India face heat on sudden share price surge …
Further investigation by the regulator and the exchanges have also showed that the 'speculative' news reports in many cases have come true at a later stage, ... «Economic Times, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Speculative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/speculative>. Apr 2024 ».
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