"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
(14) useless, fruitless, futile
Kolokacji: 3
1. useless speculation = nieprzydatne spekulacje useless speculation
2. fruitless speculation = bezowocne spekulacje fruitless speculation
  • The hours passed in fruitless speculation on one side of the room and loud snoring on the other.
  • Whether he would have done the right thing by her - as they said in those days - is fruitless speculation: he was never told of the need.
  • A great deal of fruitless speculation will be devoted to trying to read the minds of the jurors.
  • This was no time for fruitless speculation.
  • He refused even to waste odd moments of the night on such fruitless speculation.
  • Anger gives way to fruitless speculation.
  • It caused a commotion of acclaim, ringing cash tills and fruitless speculation as to my secret.
  • It was unwise to engage in fruitless speculation.
  • Satan, who finds work for idle hands to do, also fills idle minds with fruitless speculation.
  • What I know or do not know does not concern you, so do not tax your brain with fruitless speculation.
3. futile speculation = daremne spekulacje futile speculation
(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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