speculate.
To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
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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