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adj
- Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
- Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.
- Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
- not based on fact or investigation
- showing curiosity
- not financially safe or secure
verb
- To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
- To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- expect, believe, or suppose
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
noun
noun
- (colloquial) Clipping of speculation.
- Clipping of specialist.
- Clipping of special.
- Clipping of spectrum.
- (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) Clipping of spectacular mark, a type of catch in Australian rules football.
- Clipping of specialization.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier.
- (colloquial) Clipping of specification.
- (linguistics) Clipping of specifier.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
adj
verb
noun
- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- (programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
- (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
- (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
adj
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- open to or abounding in fresh air
- Light-hearted; vivacious
- Consisting of air.
- (of a room or building) Spacious, well lit, well ventilated.
- Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
- Not based on reality; having no solid foundation
- Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
- Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
- Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
- (painting) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
- Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
adj
noun
adj
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- using or containing too many words
- resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
- Accompanied by wind.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- (informal) Flatulent.
- (slang) Nervous, frightened.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
noun
intj
- Used to indicate that one is speculating (often used sarcastically when stating the obvious).
- Used in response to a question or command in which the target person does not know the answer to or how to respond.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, don't, know.
- (UK) Used to express exasperation or incredulity about a given situation or person.
noun
- Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes.
- Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
- orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
- a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.
- A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
- (art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
- (classical studies, sometimes capitalized) The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic.
noun
verb
noun
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- One who forms theories; a theorist.
- One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
- (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
- (rugby) Synonym of field goal.
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
noun
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- be amazed at
- have a wish or desire to know something
- (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
- (transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
noun
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- a state in which you want to learn more about something
- something that causes feelings of wonder
- the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
- (countable, UK, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
- An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events.
- (countable) Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Someone very talented at something, a genius.
- (countable, US) A kind of donut; a cruller.
- (colloquial, sarcastic, following an adjective ending -less that typically has two syllables) A nominalizer that serves as a head noun for the preceding adjective, which together form a mocking or insulting epithet.
- (uncountable) A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
- Fortunate circumstances.
- A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic.
noun
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
- (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- (mathematics, linguistics) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
verb
adj
- Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
- (often law) Chiefly in presumptive evidence: providing a reasonable basis for a certain presumption or conclusion to be drawn.
- Often postpositive, as in heir presumptive: of an heir or heiress: presumed to be entitled to inherit unless someone with a superior entitlement is born.
- Synonym of presumptuous (“making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right”).
- (embryology) Of a cell or tissue: which has yet to differentiate, but is presumed to develop into a particular body part.
- affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance
- having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance
verb
- (transitive) To conjecture; to guess.
- (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
- (transitive, Internet slang, rhetorical, sarcastic) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.
- (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
- (transitive) To assume; to suppose.
- (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
noun
verb
noun
noun
name
verb
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
- place a bet on
- propel with a pole
- kick the ball
noun
- (nautical) A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
verb
- (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
- To presume; to venture.
- (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone [with of; or (rare) with on]
- (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- (informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
- (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- have in mind as a purpose
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- imagine or visualize
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- have or formulate in the mind
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
noun
noun
- Obscure thoughts and speculations.
- (religion, philosophy) A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- obscure or irrational thought
- a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
noun
conj
- Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive to indicate a counterfactual or hypothetical condition.
- While; used to introduce a contrast (frequently used by some historians but rare elsewhere)
- (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
- Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.
- When; whenever; every time that.
- (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
- (computing) A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements).
- Introducing a relevance conditional; in case.
- Although; used to introduce a concession; may..but.
- Considering the fact that; given that; introducing a condition that is known to be true.
noun
- (informal) A hypothesis or conjecture.
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- (chess and similar games) The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- a belief that can guide behavior
adj
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- associated with academia or an academy
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
- In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
- (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
noun
- an educator who works at a college or university
- (plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
- A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
- (plural only) Academic studies.
- A member of the Academy; an academician.
- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
noun
- (colloquial) Clipping of speculation.
- Clipping of specialist.
- Clipping of special.
- Clipping of spectrum.
- (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) Clipping of spectacular mark, a type of catch in Australian rules football.
- Clipping of specialization.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier.
- (colloquial) Clipping of specification.
- (linguistics) Clipping of specifier.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
adj
verb
noun
- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- (programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
- (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
- (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
noun
- Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes.
- Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
- orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
- a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.
- A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
- (art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
- (classical studies, sometimes capitalized) The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic.
noun
verb
noun
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- One who forms theories; a theorist.
- One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
- (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
- (rugby) Synonym of field goal.
noun
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
- (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- (mathematics, linguistics) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
verb
noun
name
verb
noun
noun
- Obscure thoughts and speculations.
- (religion, philosophy) A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- obscure or irrational thought
- a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
noun
conj
- Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive to indicate a counterfactual or hypothetical condition.
- While; used to introduce a contrast (frequently used by some historians but rare elsewhere)
- (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
- Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.
- When; whenever; every time that.
- (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
- (computing) A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements).
- Introducing a relevance conditional; in case.
- Although; used to introduce a concession; may..but.
- Considering the fact that; given that; introducing a condition that is known to be true.
noun
- (informal) A hypothesis or conjecture.
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- (chess and similar games) The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- a belief that can guide behavior
verb
- To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
- To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- expect, believe, or suppose
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
noun
verb
- To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
- To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- expect, believe, or suppose
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
noun
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
noun
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- be amazed at
- have a wish or desire to know something
- (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
- (transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
noun
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- a state in which you want to learn more about something
- something that causes feelings of wonder
- the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
- (countable, UK, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
- An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events.
- (countable) Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Someone very talented at something, a genius.
- (countable, US) A kind of donut; a cruller.
- (colloquial, sarcastic, following an adjective ending -less that typically has two syllables) A nominalizer that serves as a head noun for the preceding adjective, which together form a mocking or insulting epithet.
- (uncountable) A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
- Fortunate circumstances.
- A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic.
noun
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
- (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- (mathematics, linguistics) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
verb
verb
- (transitive) To conjecture; to guess.
- (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
- (transitive, Internet slang, rhetorical, sarcastic) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.
- (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
- (transitive) To assume; to suppose.
- (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
- place a bet on
- propel with a pole
- kick the ball
noun
- (nautical) A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
verb
- (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
- To presume; to venture.
- (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone [with of; or (rare) with on]
- (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- (informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
- (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- have in mind as a purpose
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- imagine or visualize
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- have or formulate in the mind
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
noun
adj
- Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
- Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.
- Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
- not based on fact or investigation
- showing curiosity
- not financially safe or secure
adj
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- open to or abounding in fresh air
- Light-hearted; vivacious
- Consisting of air.
- (of a room or building) Spacious, well lit, well ventilated.
- Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
- Not based on reality; having no solid foundation
- Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
- Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
- Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
- (painting) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
- Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
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noun
adj
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- using or containing too many words
- resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
- Accompanied by wind.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- (informal) Flatulent.
- (slang) Nervous, frightened.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
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adj
- Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
- (often law) Chiefly in presumptive evidence: providing a reasonable basis for a certain presumption or conclusion to be drawn.
- Often postpositive, as in heir presumptive: of an heir or heiress: presumed to be entitled to inherit unless someone with a superior entitlement is born.
- Synonym of presumptuous (“making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right”).
- (embryology) Of a cell or tissue: which has yet to differentiate, but is presumed to develop into a particular body part.
- affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance
- having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance
adj
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- associated with academia or an academy
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
- In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
- (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
noun
- an educator who works at a college or university
- (plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
- A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
- (plural only) Academic studies.
- A member of the Academy; an academician.
- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.