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guessing

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ɡes/
    • /ɡes/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ɡes/

Definitions of guessing word

  • noun guessing The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight. 1
  • verb guessing present participle of guess. 0
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Parts of speech for Guessing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Guessing

guessing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for guessing

adjective guessing

  • predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
  • conjectural — A statement that is conjectural is based on information that is not certain or complete.
  • prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
  • wondering — expressing admiration or amazement; marveling.
  • prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.

noun guessing

  • guesswork — work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
  • hunch — to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
  • assuming — You use assuming or assuming that when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
  • assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
  • deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
All 23 Synonyms of guessing

Antonyms for guessing

noun guessing

  • fact — Fully Automated Compiling Technique
  • knowledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
  • reality — the state or quality of being real.
  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
All 4 Antonyms of guessing

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