guesswork en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From guess + work. Compare Dutch giswerk (“guesswork”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
1911, William Anthony Granville, Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| guess-work | alternative | lexicographic | |
| guessworks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (34)
es adivinanza (estimate, judgment or opinion) · pt achismo (estimate, judgment or opinion) · it ipotesi (estimate, judgment or opinion) · el υπολογισμός (estimate, judgment or opinion) · et oletus (estimate, judgment or opinion) · el εικασία (estimate, judgment or opinion) · ru до́мысел (estimate, judgment or opinion) · ja 当て推量 (estimate, judgment or opinion) · fi arvailu (estimate, judgment or opinion) · pl domysł (estimate, judgment or opinion) · de Vermutung (estimate, judgment or opinion) · cmn 猜測 /猜测 (estimate, judgment or opinion) · fr extrapolation (estimate, judgment or opinion) · el γνώμη (estimate, judgment or opinion) · hu találgatás (estimate, judgment or opinion) · es suposiciones (estimate, judgment or opinion) · nl giswerk (estimate, judgment or opinion) · sv gissning (estimate, judgment or opinion) · ca conjectures (estimate, judgment or opinion) · cmn 推測 /推测 (estimate, judgment or opinion) · pt conjeturas (estimate, judgment or opinion) · el κρίση (estimate, judgment or opinion) · it congettura (estimate, judgment or opinion) · fi arvaus (estimate, judgment or opinion) · it supposizione (estimate, judgment or opinion) · et mõistatamine (estimate, judgment or opinion) · pt suposições (estimate, judgment or opinion) · de Rätselraten (estimate, judgment or opinion) · de Mutmaßung (estimate, judgment or opinion) · hu tippelés (estimate, judgment or opinion) · io konjekto (estimate, judgment or opinion) · de Raterei (estimate, judgment or opinion) · pl przypuszczenie (estimate, judgment or opinion) · es conjeturas (estimate, judgment or opinion)