To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.

synoniemen: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize.

Roget 675: try, essay; experiment etc. 463; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand; use one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way.    try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor; do one's best etc. (exertion) 686.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 799a: speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market; buy long, sell short, take a position, straddle; take a plunge, plunge in, take a flier [Coll.].   

Roget 794: barter, exchange, swap, swop^†, truck, scorse^†; interchange etc. 148; commutate etc. (substitute) 147; compound for.    trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate^†; carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade; be in business, be in the city; keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in.    trade with, deal with, have dealings with; transact business with, do business with; open an account with, keep an account with.    bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for; haggle, higgle^†; dicker [U.S.]; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down; stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask, charge; strike a bargain etc. (contract) 769.    speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high; corner the market; rig the market, stag the market.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 621: chance etc. (hap) 156; stand a chance etc. (be possible) 470.    toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it, take one's chance, take a shot at it (attempt) 675; run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die.    speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards.    risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 514: suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise^†, presuppose; assume, fancy, wis^†, take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted; imagine etc. 515.    put forth; propound, propose; start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion; hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture.    allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head.    suggest itself etc. (thought) 451; run in the head etc. (memory) 505; marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: veronderstellen

Talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion.

Nederlands: speculeren

Reflect deeply on a subject:
— Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years.

synoniemen: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over ... meer laten zien.

Roget 441: see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken [Scot.]; get a sight of, have a sight of, catch a sight of, get a glimpse of, have a glimpse of, catch a glimpse of; command a view of; witness, contemplate, speculate; cast the eyes on, set the eyes on; be a spectator of etc. 444; look on etc. (be present) 186; see sights etc. (curiosity) 455; see at a glance etc. (intelligence) 498.    look, view, eye; lift up the eyes, open one's eye; look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round; survey, scan, inspect; run the eye over, run the eye through; reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glance over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon; direct the eyes to, turn the eyes on, cast a glance.    observe etc. (attend to) 457; watch etc. (care) 459; see with one's own eyes; watch for etc. (expect) 507; peep, peer, pry, take a peep; play at bopeep^†.    look full in the face, look hard at, look intently; strain one's eyes; fix the eyes upon, rivet the eyes upon; stare, gaze; pore over, gloat on; leer, ogle, glare; goggle; cock the eye, squint, gloat, look askance.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 451: think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate^†, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over; animadvert, study; bend the mind, apply the mind etc. (attend) 457; digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy etc. (imagine) 515; trow^†.    take into consideration; take counsel etc. (be advised) 695; commune with oneself, bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts; revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind; chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow.    rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work.    harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea etc. 453; take into one's head; bear in mind; reconsider.    occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.    make an impression; sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind; engross the thoughts.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: overpeinzen, overdenken, overwegen, stilstaan bij, contempleren, mediteren, studeren

Invest at a risk.

synoniem: job.