Meaning of GUESSWORK
Pronunciation: | | 'ges`wurk
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] an estimate based on little or no information |
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| Synonyms: | | dead reckoning, guess, guessing, shot |
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| See Also: | | approximation, estimate, estimation, idea | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Guess"work`\, n.
Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.
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| Related Terms: | | actuarial prediction, apocalypse, assumption, axiom, conjecture, foreboding, forecast, forecasting, foreshowing, foresight, foretelling, hypothesis, improbability, inference, omen, postulate, postulation, postulatum, prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, prefiguring, premise, presage, presaging, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, presumption, presupposal, presupposition, probability, prognosis, prognostication, promise, prophecy, prophesying, proposition, prospectus, set of postulates, soothsay, speculation, statistical prediction, supposal, supposing, supposition, surmise, thesis, vaticination, working hypothesis |
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