SECOND-GUESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does second-guess mean? 

• SECOND-GUESS (verb)
  The verb SECOND-GUESS has 2 senses:

1. attempt to anticipate or predict

2. evaluate or criticize with hindsight

  Familiarity information: SECOND-GUESS used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECOND-GUESS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they second-guess    ... he / she / it second-guesses   
Past simple: second-guessed   
Past participle: second-guessed   
-ing form: second-guessing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attempt to anticipate or predict

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

outguess; second-guess

Hypernyms (to "second-guess" is one way to...):

anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Evaluate or criticize with hindsight

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "second-guess" is one way to...):

comment (explain or interpret something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody