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guesswork Definition

guess·work (geswʉrk′)

noun

  1. the act of guessing
  2. 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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