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[ ges-wurk ] / ˈgɛsˌwɜrk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR guesswork ON THESAURUS.COM
nounwork or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures. Origin of guessworkFirst recorded in 1715–25; guess + work Words nearby guessworkGuesclin, Guesde, guess, guess again, guesstimate, guesswork, guest, guest beer, guestbook, guest flag, guesthouse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for guessworkIt's also almost 100% guesswork, at least for the period before 1976, and certainly for the period before 1925. How Much Does The Presidency Cost?|David Frum|June 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST Based on my experience with my own sources, guesswork about who is behind a story is often wrong. NBC Universal Sees Red|Kim Masters|July 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST It's always going to be very much a matter of insight, judgment, guesswork, and so forth. Interview With Edmund Phelps|The Daily Beast|July 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST They are far too many; for the chance against eight events being put down in their correct order by guesswork is 40,319 to 1. The Truth of Christianity|William Harry Turton
What Snap might have done if you had married him is guesswork. The Heritage of the Desert|Zane Grey I may be right or wrong, that's guesswork at the best, and let me get to my facts again. David Balfour, Second Part|Robert Louis Stevenson It must be kept in mind that these reviews are not haphazard, nor are they a matter of guesswork. Lippincott's Horn-Ashbaugh Speller|Ernest Horn "You know it is guesswork; no one can more than approximate the result of sales," answered Mr. Hurd. The Wyndam Girls|Marion Ames Taggart
British Dictionary definitions for guesswork
nouna set of conclusions, estimates, etc, arrived at by guessing the process of making guesses Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to guessworkconjecture, hunch, presumption, inference, induction, postulate, prediction, presupposition, notion, deduction, postulation, assumption, hypothesis, fancy, opinion, estimate, feeling, judgment, divination, conclusion |