speculate
Meanings
verb
- To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
- To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
- To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
- To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin speculātus, perfect active participle of speculor (“to watch, observe, examine, spy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from specula (“a watchtower”), ultimately from speciō (“to look at”).
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