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spec specced or: spec'd [spekt] spec·cing [spe-ki] : to write specifications for ...

prospective 1 : relating to or effective in the future [a statute's effect] 2 : likely to come about : expected to happen [ inability to perform the contract] 3 : likely to be or become [a buyer] pro·spec·tive·ly adv ...

retrospective

retrospective : affecting things past : retroactive ;specif : of, relating to, or being a law that takes away or impairs vested rights, creates new duties or obligations, or attaches new disabilities with respect to acts and transactions completed before its enactment ret·ro·spec·tive·ly adv ...

specific

specific 1 : relating to a particular thing 2 : intended for or restricted to a particular end or object 3 : being of a particularly identified kind or nature spe·cif·i·cal·ly [-i-klē, -kə-lē] adv spec·i·fic·i·ty [spe-sə-fi-sə-tē] n ...

speculate

speculate -lat·ed -lat·ing vi 1 : to theorize on the basis of insufficient evidence NOTE: A jury is not permitted to speculate on a matter about which insufficient evidence has been presented in reaching its verdict. 2 : to assume a business risk in hope of gain ;esp : to buy or sell in expectation of profiting from market fluctuations vt : to take to be true on the basis of insufficient evidence spec·u·la·tor [-lā-tər] n ...

speculative

speculative 1 : involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation ;also : theoretical rather than demonstrable [ medical testimony concerning the cause of death] 2 : of, relating to, or being a financial speculation [ securities] [ home building] spec·u·la·tive·ly adv ...

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