guesswork
guesswork
Definition
guess·work (ges′wʉrk′)
noun
- the act of guessing
- a judgment, result, etc. arrived at by guessing
guesswork
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- educate: In 1922, identifying the cause would be largely educated guesswork.
- eliminate: The unit eliminates the guesswork of gold plating on edge connectors.
- inspire: This is perhaps the faculty for ' inspired guesswork ' .
- take: Takes the guesswork out of fitting your car seat.
- remove: PANTONE tints removes the guesswork by displaying printed samples of eight tints per color from 10 % to 80 % .
- involve: There will therefore be a lot of guesswork involved.
Adjective modifier
- informed: The HSE allow a system of informed guesswork to comply with this regulation.
- pure: These are facts, what follows is pure guesswork.
- intelligent: An important strategy that the teacher should teach is ' intelligent guesswork ' .
- human: Science is simply our best human guesswork ( always fallible ) about the ' How ' question.
- little: There's some data from the insurance industry, but we'll need to do a little intelligent guesswork.
- good: Good guesswork there, the poor guy feels sorry for her.
Modifies a noun
- reading: The NLS trains teachers to use guesswork reading strategies for dealing with texts never blending.
- strategy: The NLS trains teachers to use guesswork reading strategies for dealing with texts never blending.
Preposition: in
- Babylon: Modern astronomy may have evolved from astrological guesswork in ancient Babylon.
Preposition: of
- man: A glance at him was quite sufficient to confirm the savage guesswork of a man in love.
Preposition: by
- today: However, guesswork by today 's highly competitive standards is just not good enough.
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