speculative
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6.7
- adjective
- /ˈspɛkjʊlətɪv/
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hipotético
- Clearly, this explanation is only speculative at present and requires examination in future studies.
- highly speculative
- speculative hypotheses
- speculative theories
I'm a big fan of speculative fiction since childhood.
- I'm a big fan of speculative fiction since childhood.
- It is not a purely theoretical or speculative knowledge.
- Inferred or speculative relationships, they are believed to exist.
- But it's, you know, it's very speculative.
- If that is the case and that it it's speculative.
- It's rather to the contrary, claims that quantum computers will not work rest on speculative new physics.
- Well, I'd like to finish with just one last question, a more speculative question.
- Trump's trade war is guilty until proved innocent, and the arguments that Steve has put forward are conjectural and speculative at best.
- I don't myself agree with this teleological view, but it is a, it's at least a beautiful speculative view of the, of the cosmos.
- It's, I mean, maybe, you know, it's, it's, it's very speculative.
Examples
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This is purely speculative on her part.
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Now, this is a speculative proposal.
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Now I could be wrong, but that tells me it's speculative buying.
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All it is, is a, is a speculative vehicle that I can trade.
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Yeah, I think this is, you know, largely speculative, still understanding how all this happened.
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It's a speculative science at best.
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Some of the analysis is speculative, and in certain instances there is a range of estimates.
Academic text (1993) -
Though these ideas are speculative, they are logically appealing and warrant further investigation.
Academic text (2008) -
In the end, these arguments are speculative: inferences from fragmentary and ambiguous evidence.
Academic text (1993) -
The scientist admitted that her findings were based on speculative reasoning rather than solid evidence.
Synonyms
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6.9
Not proved and used for discussion or testing
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7.5
Existing only in the mind and not real
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8.2
Made as a guess when there is little evidence
Based on an idea rather than on solid proof
Based mainly on guesswork rather than proven facts
An idea people use as a guess for testing or discussion
Making predictions from a small amount of known information
Antonyms
How Supported
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Speculative comes from an old Latin word specere meaning 'to look', a root also in inspect and spectator. That idea of 'looking at' possibilities turned into 'thinking without full proof', so a speculative claim is one based on guesswork rather than clear facts.