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second-guess
sec·ond-guess S5218300 (sĕk′ənd-gĕs′)v. sec·ond-guessed, sec·ond-guess·ing, sec·ond-guess·es v.tr.1. To criticize or correct after an outcome is known: "One hesitates to second-guess the jury's judgment from a distance of more than sixty years" (Ira Stoll).2. To criticize, contradict, or overrule (a decision or one who has made a decision): "When he wants to prescribe costly but powerful medicines, faraway HMO clerks second-guess his drug choices" (George Anders). "Sometimes [General Halleck] second-guessed Grant and aired his objections to instructions instead of immediately transmitting them" (Brooks D. Simpson).3. a. To outguess.b. To predict or anticipate: "She can second-guess indictments" (Scott Turow).v.intr. To criticize a decision, especially after its outcome is known.
sec′ond-guess′er n.second-guess vb 1. to criticize or evaluate with hindsight 2. to attempt to anticipate or predict (a person or thing) ˈsecond-ˈguesser nsec′ond-guess′
v.t. 1. to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting. 2. to outguess. [1945–50] sec′ond-guess′er, n. second-guess
Past participle: second-guessed
Gerund: second-guessing
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| second-guess | | second-guess |
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| I second-guess | | you second-guess | | he/she/it second-guesses | | we second-guess | | you second-guess | | they second-guess |
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| I second-guessed | | you second-guessed | | he/she/it second-guessed | | we second-guessed | | you second-guessed | | they second-guessed |
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| I am second-guessing | | you are second-guessing | | he/she/it is second-guessing | | we are second-guessing | | you are second-guessing | | they are second-guessing |
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| I have second-guessed | | you have second-guessed | | he/she/it has second-guessed | | we have second-guessed | | you have second-guessed | | they have second-guessed |
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| I was second-guessing | | you were second-guessing | | he/she/it was second-guessing | | we were second-guessing | | you were second-guessing | | they were second-guessing |
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| I had second-guessed | | you had second-guessed | | he/she/it had second-guessed | | we had second-guessed | | you had second-guessed | | they had second-guessed |
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| I will second-guess | | you will second-guess | | he/she/it will second-guess | | we will second-guess | | you will second-guess | | they will second-guess |
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| I will have second-guessed | | you will have second-guessed | | he/she/it will have second-guessed | | we will have second-guessed | | you will have second-guessed | | they will have second-guessed |
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| I will be second-guessing | | you will be second-guessing | | he/she/it will be second-guessing | | we will be second-guessing | | you will be second-guessing | | they will be second-guessing |
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| I have been second-guessing | | you have been second-guessing | | he/she/it has been second-guessing | | we have been second-guessing | | you have been second-guessing | | they have been second-guessing |
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| I will have been second-guessing | | you will have been second-guessing | | he/she/it will have been second-guessing | | we will have been second-guessing | | you will have been second-guessing | | they will have been second-guessing |
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| I had been second-guessing | | you had been second-guessing | | he/she/it had been second-guessing | | we had been second-guessing | | you had been second-guessing | | they had been second-guessing |
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| I would second-guess | | you would second-guess | | he/she/it would second-guess | | we would second-guess | | you would second-guess | | they would second-guess |
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| I would have second-guessed | | you would have second-guessed | | he/she/it would have second-guessed | | we would have second-guessed | | you would have second-guessed | | they would have second-guessed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | second-guess - attempt to anticipate or predictoutguessforebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" | | 2. | second-guess - evaluate or criticize with hindsightcomment - explain or interpret something |
Translationssecond-guess
second-guess1. To question or doubt someone or something retroactively. Why are you second-guessing me now? You agreed with this course of treatment just yesterday! You made the best decisions you could with the information you had at the time, so please don't second-guess yourself.2. To try to anticipate how something will happen or what someone will do. Trying to second-guess the outcome of a game in progress is exhausting.second-guess someoneto try to predict what some person will do before it is known to anyone, including the person. There is no point in trying to second-guess Bob. He is completely unpredictable.second-guess
Synonyms for second-guessverb attempt to anticipate or predictSynonymsRelated Words- forebode
- predict
- prognosticate
- foretell
- promise
- anticipate
- call
verb evaluate or criticize with hindsightRelated Words |