"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
(12) fevered, feverish, excited
Kolokacji: 3
(13) anxious, popular, lurid
Kolokacji: 3
1. anxious speculation = pełne niepokoju spekulacje anxious speculation
2. popular speculation = popularne spekulacje popular speculation
3. lurid speculation = drastyczne spekulacje lurid speculation
  • For years the press indulged in lurid speculation as stories circulated that Lydia Logie had been captured by tribesmen and still lived among them, bearing children to an African prince.
  • A lot of lurid speculation has been published about New Guinea cannibalism over the last 50 years, so the sobriety of Flannery's account is a relief.
  • Thankfully, there is no sound track, and one is glad that none is necessary, unlike the TV programs with their hectoring commentaries full of lurid speculation.
  • Many of the attackers also tend to revel in the tawdriest accusations of financial and sexual misconduct, often mixing established fact with lurid speculation.
  • After more than a year of investigation, accompanied by lurid speculation in the press, prosecutors said today that they would not file child molestation charges against the pop superstar Michael Jackson.
  • No doubt you've been reading the same lurid speculation I have, in the popular science press.
  • Among the people of the city there was one man who took no part in the sombre gossip and lurid speculation.
  • The sudden change in the press's tone, from mere scepticism about Annie's inexperience to lurid speculation about her sexual adventures, had begun just as shooting ended.
  • Earlier, it was widely reported that the Iceman had been emasculated, leading to lurid speculation.
  • Like everyone else, I bore witness to lurid speculations and talking heads.
(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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