Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of speculate
nounspeculating (usually uncountable, plural speculatings)
plural speculatings
- uncountableusuallyspeculation
[…] whereupon ensues a long course of theatrical speculatings and practisings […]
1832, Thomas Carlyle, Goethe's Works
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