noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.
2. 2
   an estimate based on little or no information wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of guess form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

abashedabroadadriftastrayat seabewildered

Example

More examples

"I'm sick of playing these goddamn guessing games with you."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gessyng, gessynge, equivalent to guess + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gessyng, equivalent to guess + -ing.

Related phrases

guessing gamesecond-guessing

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