Guesswork

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  • noun. The process of making guesses.
  • noun. An estimate or judgment made by guessing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That which is done by or is due to guess; conjectural action or opinion; random or haphazard action.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an estimate based on little or no information
    • Word Usage
    "Some argue that the guesswork is probable to this percentage or that statistic, but even Al Gore admits that we don't know what the future holds."
    cross-reference
    dead reckoning  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    approximation  estimate  estimation  idea  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apperception  bluster  claptrap  cussedness  fluke  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    actuarial prediction  apocalypse  assumption  axiom  conjecture  
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