speculates

verb

Definition of speculatesnext
present tense third-person singular of speculate
as in assumes
to form an opinion from little or no evidence I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculates
  1. assumes
  2. thinks
  3. imagines
Verb
  • Soft skills are becoming indispensable as AI assumes more routine tasks; over 60% of professionals globally recognize their growing importance.
    Feon Ang, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This assumes that the question was asked in all seriousness and that the respondent is aiming to reply in all seriousness.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of assumes
Verb
  • Whoopi Goldberg is clear with her romantic expectations and thinks others attempting to dip their toes into the dating pool should be, too.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • What do these moves tell us about how Netanyahu thinks about the press?
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of thinks
Verb
  • Google first showed a demo of its all-encompassing, multimodal virtual assistant at Google I/O this spring and clearly imagines Astra as an always-on helper in your life.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The company imagines Sora not as a filmmaker but as a filmmaker's sounding board.
    Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of imagines
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