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Meaning of speculation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  speculation
      n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete
           evidence [syn: {guess}, {conjecture}, {supposition},
           {surmise}, {surmisal}, {speculation}, {hypothesis}]
      2: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or
         conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);
         "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he
         dismissed it as mere conjecture" [syn: {speculation},
         {conjecture}]
      3: an investment that is very risky but could yield great
         profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought
         it" [syn: {speculation}, {venture}]
      4: continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject
         or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the
         habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"
         [syn: {meditation}, {speculation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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