Noun

(en noun)

The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.

His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

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(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

(rhetoric) Assumptio.

Noun

(wikipedia speculation) (en noun)

The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.

* Milton

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts.

* 2012 , Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 December 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/03/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-expecting-baby?intcmp=122]

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.

(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.

* Sir W. Temple

From him Socrates derived the principles of morality, and most part of his natural speculations .

* Macaulay

To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason".

(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.

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.

* A. Smith

Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation .

* F. A. Walker

Speculation , while confined within moderate limits, is the agent for equalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be.

Examination by the eye; view.

(obsolete) Power of sight.

* Shakespeare

Thou hast no speculation in those eyes.

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.