guesswork

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guess·work

(gĕs′wûrk′)

1. The process of making guesses.

2. An estimate or judgment made by guessing.

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guesswork

(ˈɡɛsˌwɜːk)

1. a set of conclusions, estimates, etc, arrived at by guessing

2. the process of making guesses

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

guess•work

(ˈgɛsˌwɜrk)

n.

work or procedure based on the making of guesses or conjectures.

[1715–25]

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Noun

guesswork - an estimate based on little or no information

dead reckoning, guessing, guess, shot

approximation, estimate, estimation, idea - an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

guesswork

noun speculation, theory, presumption, conjecture, estimation, surmise, supposition He bases his claim on a few facts and a lot of guesswork.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

guesswork

noun

A judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessing:

conjecture, guess, speculation, supposition, surmise.

Translations

بالتَّخْمين، على الظَّن

dohadyhádání

gætteri

Mutmaßung

conjecture

találgatás

ágiskun

congettura supposizione

tahmin

推测

guesswork

[ˈgeswɜːk] N → conjeturas fpl
it's all guesswork → son meras conjeturas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

guesswork

[ˈgɛswɜː^rk] n
This is just guesswork → Ce n'est qu'une simple hypothèse.
This isn't just guesswork. I know someone was in the house → Je ne dis pas ça au hasard. Je sais qu'il y avait quelqu'un dans la maison.
Who did it is a matter of guesswork → On n'a aucune certitude quant à l'identité du responsable.
I got the answer by guesswork → J'ai deviné la réponse.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

guesswork

n → (reine) Vermutung; there’s too much guesswork in historical essays → in historischen Aufsätzen wird zu viel vermutet; they did it by guesswork → sie haben nur geraten; it’s all guesswork → das sind doch nur Vermutungen, das ist doch alles nur geraten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

guesswork

[ˈgɛsˌwɜːk] n I got the answer by guesswork → ho azzeccato la risposta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

guess

(ges) verb

1. to say what is likely to be the case. I'm trying to guess the height of this building; If you don't know the answer, just guess.

2. (especially American) to suppose. I guess I'll have to leave now.

noun

an opinion, answer etc got by guessing. My guess is that he's not coming.

ˈguesswork noun

the process or result of guessing. I got the answer by guesswork.

anybody's guess

a matter of complete uncertainty. Who will win is anybody's guess.

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Nay, if it is to be guesswork, let us all guess for ourselves.

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But two alternatives presented themselves: either to abandon the hope of making any discovery--or to attempt to penetrate Alban 's motives by means of pure guesswork, pursued in the dark.

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"Why, as to that, my good friend, till I and my company have really acted there must be some guesswork; but I mean no disparagement to Julia.

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For the part he had played, the details of which were practically all rumor and guesswork, quickly leaked out, and in consequence he became a much-execrated and well-hated man.

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Also, I beg that these experimenters, or others, will set their fingers upon another pane, and add again the marks of the accused, but not placing them in the same order or relation to the other signatures as before--for, by one chance in a million, a person might happen upon the right marks by pure guesswork, ONCE, therefore I wish to be tested twice."

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"Thou dost not understand me, Sancho," said Don Quixote; "I only mean he must have made some compact with the devil to infuse this power into the ape, that he may get his living, and after he has grown rich he will give him his soul, which is what the enemy of mankind wants; this I am led to believe by observing that the ape only answers about things past or present, and the devil's knowledge extends no further; for the future he knows only by guesswork, and that not always; for it is reserved for God alone to know the times and the seasons, and for him there is neither past nor future; all is present.

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In the leisure afforded we took turns working on our map, and by means of the compass and a little guesswork we set down the shoreline we had left and the three islands with fair accuracy.

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Two hundred and fifty years later -- pay attention now -- a mechanic's wages will be -- mind you, this is law, not guesswork; a mechanic's wages will then be TWENTY cents a day!"

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"We are coming now rather into the region of guesswork," said Dr.

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But that is all guesswork. In this case, not only Mr.

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She accepted the inevitable conclusion that the guesswork of a moment had led her to discovery.

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A glance at him was quite sufficient to confirm the savage guesswork of a man in love.