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guessing¹

  • /ˈɡɛsɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛsɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English gessyng, gessynge, equivalent to guess + -ing.

noun guessings

  1. The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight. one's anxious guessings and scrutinizings

guessing²

  • /ˈɡɛsɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛsɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English gessyng, equivalent to guess + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of guess

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: guesswork, shot, dead reckoning, speculating, suppose, assuming, imagine, marking, charades, riddles, estimating, conjecturing, supposing, inferring, surmising, presuming

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Chicago

"guessing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/guessing.

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@misc{guessing_2026,
  title = {guessing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guessing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}