speculate

speculate
intransitive verb
spekulieren (about, on über + Akk.); Vermutungen od. Spekulationen anstellen (about, on über + Akk.)

speculate on the Stock Exchange/in rubber — an der Börse/mit od. (Wirtsch. Jargon) in Gummi spekulieren

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['spekjuleit]
verb
(to make guesses: He's only speculating - he doesn't know; There's no point in speculating about what's going to happen.) Vermutungen anstellen
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specu·late
[ˈspekjəleɪt]
vi
1. (guess) spekulieren
it has been \speculated that ... es wird vermutet, dass ...
▪ to \speculate about [or on] sth Vermutungen über etw akk anstellen, etw mutmaßen
2. FIN, STOCKEX (trade) spekulieren (in mit +dat)
to \speculate on the gold/stock market am Goldmarkt/an der Börse spekulieren
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['spekjʊleɪt]
vi
1) (= meditate, ponder) (nach)grübeln, nachdenken (on über +acc); (= conjecture) Vermutungen anstellen, spekulieren (about, on über +acc)

I speculate that ... — ich vermute, dass ...

2) (FIN) spekulieren (in mit, on an +dat)
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speculate [ˈspekjʊleıt]
A v/i
1. spekulieren, Spekulationen oder Vermutungen anstellen (alle:
on, upon, about über akk)
2. WIRTSCH spekulieren (for auf Baisse etc; in in Kupfer etc)
B v/t vermuten (that dass)
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intransitive verb
spekulieren (about, on über + Akk.); Vermutungen od. Spekulationen anstellen (about, on über + Akk.)

speculate on the Stock Exchange/in rubber — an der Börse/mit od. (Wirtsch. Jargon) in Gummi spekulieren

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v.
grübeln v.

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