guesswork
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈɡɛsˌwɜrk/
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suposición
- By involving your community, you take the guesswork out of what your users want and need.
- a lot of guesswork
- much of the guesswork
That just takes all the guesswork out of learning how to cook.
- That just takes all the guesswork out of learning how to cook.
- It removes the guesswork of ulterior motives.
- They call it model building, but really it's just guesswork.
- That gives permission to go in down to like a whiteboard session where it's more guesswork and messy and trying to figure stuff out.
- So this was guesswork, and the guess had come from Thomas Young, who's already been mentioned.
- It's doing like some guesswork, whereas this is using real, real math.
- And so we do use aesthetic considerations and guesswork to propose possible behaviors to nature, but then nature gets to decide whether to use them or not.
- And then we put in connectivity, which is part guesswork, but you know, observed.
- But there was no real reason for that other than nice guesswork.
- How large the effect may be is that present guesswork.
- Again, we sequence all that out, take all the guesswork out from you because I know like work on yourself can sound so ambiguous.
Examples
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That just takes all the guesswork out of learning how to cook.
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We need a process that eliminates the guesswork in our teaching.
Academic text (1997) -
A lot of time and guesswork can be saved.
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I did a little bit of guesswork in going from here to here.
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And all of this guesswork makes failure near certain.
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Using a clearly defined plan takes the guesswork out of changing your body.
Blog text (8) -
New analysis software packages take much of the guesswork out of simple computer simulations.
Academic text (2001) -
While these data are highly aggregated and necessarily involve some guesswork, few economists would question the picture they paint.
Academic text (2018) -
Using an EBP can help eliminate many of the frustrations and guesswork from teaching by providing specific approaches for improving student performance.
Academic text (2014) -
The new app removes the guesswork from finding the best route to work.
Synonyms
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1.0
An answer or opinion made without enough information
370
2.6
A rough calculation of a number, amount or size
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4.8
A guess or idea made without enough proof
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3.4
A rough calculation of how much or how many something is
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7.9
An idea based on little evidence
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1.6
Forming an idea without enough information
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Guesswork is simply the two words guess and work put together, so think of it as the 'work' of making 'guesses'. That's why guesswork means an opinion or estimate made without enough facts.