educated guess en · NOUN
Meanings
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A well-informed guess or estimate based on experience or theoretical knowledge.
Everyone guesses: estimating is how people with a trade guess; educated guesses are what professional people do; hopeless stabs in the dark are what statisticians do.
2005 August 6, Guy Browning, “How to … guess”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| educated guesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Hypernyms
estimate · guess · hypothesis
Synonyms
intelligent guess · guesstimate
Translations (27)
ru предположе́ние (guess based on experience or knowledge) · pt palpite fundamentado (guess based on experience or knowledge) · sh učeno pogađanje (guess based on experience or knowledge) · fi valistunut arvaus (guess based on experience or knowledge) · fr hypothèse éclairée (guess based on experience or knowledge) · pt suposição fundamentada (guess based on experience or knowledge) · pt hipótese plausível (guess based on experience or knowledge) · fr hypothèse raisonnée (guess based on experience or knowledge) · de fundierte Vermutung (guess based on experience or knowledge) · it ipotesi plausibile (guess based on experience or knowledge) · sv kvalificerad gissning (guess based on experience or knowledge) · he ניחוש מושכל (guess based on experience or knowledge) · fr hypothèse raisonnable (guess based on experience or knowledge) · ru обосно́ванное предположе́ние (guess based on experience or knowledge) · fr hypothèse bien fondée (guess based on experience or knowledge) · it supposizione plausibile (guess based on experience or knowledge) · fr estimation éclairée (guess based on experience or knowledge) · ca conjectura (guess based on experience or knowledge) · it stima ragionata (guess based on experience or knowledge) · fr supposition bien informée (guess based on experience or knowledge) · nb kvalifisert gjetning (guess based on experience or knowledge) · cs kvalifikovaný odhad (guess based on experience or knowledge) · cmn 有根據的推測 /有根据的推测 (guess based on experience or knowledge) · pl domysł na podstawie doświadczenia (guess based on experience or knowledge) · pt hipótese fundamentada (guess based on experience or knowledge) · sh učena pretpostavka (guess based on experience or knowledge) · fr supposition éclairée (guess based on experience or knowledge)