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Second-guess
//ˈsɛk.əndˌɡɛs// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To vet or evaluate; to criticize or correct, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc. transitive
"Please don't try to second-guess the procedure that we have already refined and adopted."
- 2 evaluate or criticize with hindsight wordnet
- 3 To anticipate or predict someone's actions or thoughts by guesswork. intransitive, transitive
"In this day and age, it's so easy to stress / 'Cause people are strange and you can never second-guess"
- 4 attempt to anticipate or predict wordnet
Etymology
A back-formation from second guesser, originally from baseball. First use appears c. 1941.
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