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guesswork

guess·work
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ges-wurk]
    • /ˈgɛsˌwɜrk/
    • /ˈɡe.swɜːk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ges-wurk]
    • /ˈgɛsˌwɜrk/

Definitions of guesswork word

  • noun guesswork work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures. 1
  • noun guesswork The process or results of guessing. 1
  • noun guesswork conjecture, supposition 1
  • uncountable noun guesswork Guesswork is the process of trying to guess or estimate something without knowing all the facts or information. 0
  • noun guesswork a set of conclusions, estimates, etc, arrived at by guessing 0
  • noun guesswork the process of making guesses 0
See all 9 definitions of guesswork

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Origin of guesswork

First appearance:

before 1715
One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1715-25; guess + work

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Guesswork

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

guesswork popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

guesswork usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for guesswork

noun guesswork

  • conjecture — A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete.
  • hunch — to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
  • presumption — the act of presuming.
  • inference — the act or process of inferring.
  • induction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
All 27 Synonyms of guesswork

Antonyms for guesswork

noun guesswork

  • reality — the state or quality of being real.
  • proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
All 3 Antonyms of guesswork

Related words

  • guesstimate

    to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
All related words to guesswork

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