guessing

nounguesswork

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noun guesswork

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Word Origin & History

c.1300, gessen "to estimate, appraise," originally "take aim," probably from Scandinavian (cf. Middle Danish gitse, getze "to guess," Old Norse geta "guess, get"), possibly influenced by Middle Dutch gessen, Middle Low German gissen "to guess," all from Proto-Germanic *getiskanan "to get" (see get). Sense evolution is from "to get," to "to take aim at," to "to estimate." Meaning "to hit upon the right answer" is from 1540s. U.S. sense of "calculate, recon" is true to the oldest English meaning. Spelling with gu- is late 16c., sometimes attributed to Caxton and his early experience as a printer in Bruges. Related: Guessed; guessing. Guessing game attested from 1650s.

Example Sentences forguessing

Mr. Paine looked up as he entered, and had no difficulty in guessing his errand.

It isn't a question of "guessing" with either of us, really.

You'll want one like it yourself, if I'm any good at guessing.

Guessing his wish I turned my horse across the bridge and waited.

But the enclosed note will save you the trouble of guessing.

So I s'pose, sir; nobody is better at guessing and divining than Mr. Dodge.

All the time he found himself wondering how it was that she was guessing at the truth.

A tout is guessing all the time, but a hustler is likely to know something.

Doolittle had little trouble in guessing that this memory was a tender one.

I thought that I had better not imperil my newly gained reputation by guessing.

guessing

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estimating

predictive

prognostic

prognosticative

supposition

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