Dictionary entry

Speculation

Pronunciation: /ˌspɛkjʊˈleɪʃn/

Pronunciation

/ˌspɛkjʊˈleɪʃn/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ကထင်မြင်ချက်ပေးခြင်း။ ထင်ကြေးပေးခြင်း။ ခထင်ကြေး။ ထင်မြင်ချက်။ မှန်းဆချက်။ ဈေးကစားခြင်း။

Definition

speculation /spekju'leÇʃn/ n ၁။ (က) [U] ~ (over/about/upon/on sth) ထင္ျမင္ခ်က္ေပးျခင္း။ ထင္ေၾကးေပးျခင္း။ There was much speculation over the cause of the crash/his resignation. (ခ) [C] ထင္ေၾကး။ ထင္ျမင္ခ်က္။ မွန္းဆခ်က္။ Our speculations proved totally wrong. ၂။ [U] ~ (in sth) ေဈးကစားျခင္း။ speculation in oil ❍ dishonest speculation in property development.

Examples

  1. [speculation about] : There has been a great deal of speculation about what will happen after the elections.
  2. [speculation that] : Shannon is visiting Britain amid speculation that a deal has been done.
  3. [fuel/prompt speculation] : The visit has fuelled speculation that the pair are planning to get married.
  4. [pure/mere speculation] : Government officials dismissed the report as pure speculation.