to outwit in anticipating
outguess
out·guessWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"outguess." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/outguess>.
APA Style
outguess. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/outguess
outguess
transitive verb
out·guessed, out·guess·ing, out·guess·es- To anticipate correctly the actions of.
- To gain the advantage over (another) by cleverness or forethought; outwit.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"outguess." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/outguess>.
APA Style
outguess. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/outguess
Verb
(third-person singular simple present outguesses, present participle outguessing, simple past and past participle outguessed)
- to beat through accurate anticipation of someone's plans and actions.
- "Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold." "” Naomi Novik, "His Majesty's Dragon"
Origin
out- +"Ž guess
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"outguess." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/outguess>.
APA Style
outguess. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/outguess
