speculates is a form of:

Speculate



verbpast tense: speculated ; past participle: speculated ; present participle: speculating ;
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(INTRANSITIVE) ~ (about on upon something, to form opinions about something without having definite knowledge or evidence, to ponder, to meditate; to engage on risky commercial transactions) ពិចារណាអំពីទ្រឹស្ដី, គិត, ជញ្ជឹងគិតខ្លាំង, ភាវនា, speculate about the future ស្ទង់មើលពីចម្ងាយ, speculate in a gold រកស៊ីប្រថុយដើម្បីចង់ចំណេញច្រើន, ធ្វើបរិកប្ប
Example: To speculate upon the existence of life on other planets, Bamai made his fortune speculating on the stock exchange.
Example: You can't speculate about the date of the signing of the Declaration of independence you either know it or you don't conclude, demo.
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(បច្ចេកទេស) ស្ទង់មើលពីចម្ងាយ, រកស៊ីប្រថុយដើម្បីបានចំណេញច្រើន
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: speculated ; past participle: speculated ; present participle: speculating ;
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(TRANSITIVE) To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.
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(INTRANSITIVE) To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
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(INTRANSITIVE) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
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(INTRANSITIVE) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
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apprehend, assume believe, conjecture, deduce, guess, imagine, presume, suppose, surmise, think
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ascertain, conclude, demo