different between imagine vs speculate

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin im?ginor, from im?ginem, the accusative singular of im?g? (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæd?.?n/
• Hyphenation: imag?ine

Verb

imagine (third-person singular simple present imagines, present participle imagining, simple past and past participle imagined)

1. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
2. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.

3. (transitive) to assume

4. (transitive) to conjecture or guess

5. (intransitive) to use one's imagination

6. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Synonyms

• ween

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

imagine (plural imagines)

1. (fandom slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
   • 2015, Laura Starling, "FFIC101: An Introduction to the Horrors of Fanfiction", Critic (University of Otago), 2 March 2015, page 21:

     Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob."

   • 2016, Jocelyn Chambers, "The Exclusion Of People Of Color In Fanfiction", Majesty, December 2016, page 96:

     i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them.

   • 2019, "thranduilsperkybutt", quoted in "Author Spotlight: thranduilsperkybutt", Lemon, February 2019, page 37:

     If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:imagine.

French

Verb

imagine

1. first-person singular present indicative of imaginer
2. third-person singular present indicative of imaginer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of imaginer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of imaginer
5. second-person singular imperative of imaginer

Latin

Noun

im?gine

1. ablative singular of im?g?

Portuguese

Verb

imagine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of imaginar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of imaginar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of imaginar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of imaginar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin im?g?, im?ginem, French image.

Noun

imagine f (plural imagini)

1. image

Declension

Related terms

• imagina

See also

• poz?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ima?xine/, [i.ma?xi.ne]

Verb

imagine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of imaginar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin specul?tus, past participle of speculor (“look out”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speci? (“look at”)

Verb

speculate (third-person singular simple present speculates, present participle speculating, simple past and past participle speculated)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

   • It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.

2. (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
3. (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
4. (intransitive, programming) To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.

Related terms

• species
• spectacle
• spectacular
• speculation
• speculative
• speculator

Translations

Further reading

• speculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• speculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• peculates

Italian

Verb

speculate

1. second-person plural present indicative of speculare
2. second-person plural imperative of speculare
3. feminine plural of speculato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /spe.ku?la?.te/, [s?p?k????ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spe.ku?la.te/, [sp?ku?l??t??]

Participle

specul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of specul?tus