guesswork
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guesswork
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From guess + work. Compare Dutch giswerk (“guesswork”).
noun guessworks · guess-work
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An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
By a careful study of the figure we might suspect that when the rectangle becomes a square its area would be the greatest, but this would at best be mere guesswork. A better way would evidently be to plot the graph of the function (1) and note its behavior.
Similar: conjecture
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noun estimate, judgment or opinion
| Español | adivinanza, conjeturas, suposiciones |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 当て推量 atezuiryou |
| 中文 | 猜測 /猜测 cāicè, 推測 /推测 tuīcè |
| Português | conjeturas, suposições, achismo |
| Français | extrapolation |
| Deutsch | Mutmaßung, Vermutung, Raterei, Rätselraten |
| Italiano | supposizione, congettura, ipotesi |
| Ελληνικά | εικασία eikasía, υπολογισμός ypologismós, κρίση krísi, γνώμη gnómi |
| Русский | до́мысел dómysel |
Talk about this word "guesswork." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/guesswork. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. guesswork. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/guesswork "guesswork." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/guesswork.Cite this
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