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GUESSWORK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guesswork mean?
• GUESSWORK (noun)
The noun GUESSWORK has 1 sense:
1. an estimate based on little or no information
Familiarity information: GUESSWORK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An estimate based on little or no information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
dead reckoning; guess; guessing; guesswork; shot
Hypernyms ("guesswork" is a kind of...):
approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)
Context examples
Well! Nay, if it is to be guesswork, let us all guess for ourselves.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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