"speculation" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

speculation sustantivo

sustantivo + speculation
Kolokacji: 13
media speculation • land speculation • takeover speculation • estate speculation • press speculation • ...
speculation + verbo
Kolokacji: 30
speculation begins • speculation arises • speculation centers • speculation continues • speculation grows • ...
verbo + speculation
Kolokacji: 36
prompt speculation • fuel speculation • end speculation • lead to speculation • raise speculation • ...
adjetivo + speculation
Kolokacji: 63
widespread speculation • pure speculation • intense speculation • considerable speculation • wild speculation • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(2) pure, intense, sheer
Kolokacji: 3
(4) rampant, far, excessive
Kolokacji: 3
(5) philosophical, metaphysical
Kolokacji: 2
(10) public, mystical, vague
Kolokacji: 3
1. public speculation = publiczne spekulacje public speculation
2. mystical speculation = mistyczne spekulacje mystical speculation
3. vague speculation = niejasne spekulacje vague speculation
  • There is something about families, about politicians' wives, babies, men and children, and some vague speculations about what people in general think about these things, but where it is all leading I have absolutely no idea.
  • He was renowned for his single-minded dedication to the scientific method and his incisive analytical skills, and hostility to vague speculation.
  • The blonde opened her eyes and looked at him with vague but uncomplimentary speculation.
  • Hence, vague speculation was a dominating matter in the lawyer's reflective consideration.
  • Only vague speculations were offered about the probability of several different unknown genes' playing a part.
  • Much of it consisted of secondhand platitudes and vague speculation.
  • But the vague speculation turned specific last week after a prominent Hollywood lawyer, Bert Fields, told the entertainment trade journal Variety that he had been questioned by the F.B.I.
  • I admit it's a crazy chance but it's well founded and in no way based on sheer theory or vague speculation.
  • I know you prefer hard data to vague speculation, so we've been trying to confirm them first.
(12) fevered, feverish, excited
Kolokacji: 3
(13) anxious, popular, lurid
Kolokacji: 3
(14) useless, fruitless, futile
Kolokacji: 3
(15) reckless, pointless
Kolokacji: 2
(17) irresponsible, dangerous
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + speculation
Kolokacji: 13
amid speculation • of speculation • to speculation • on speculation • for speculation • ...

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