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Princeton's WordNet

  1. guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoningnoun

    an estimate based on little or no information

Wiktionary

  1. guessingnoun

    The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight

Wikipedia

  1. Guessing

    A guess (or an act of guessing) is a swift conclusion drawn from data directly at hand, and held as probable or tentative, while the person making the guess (the guesser) admittedly lacks material for a greater degree of certainty. A guess is also an unstable answer, as it is "always putative, fallible, open to further revision and interpretation, and validated against the horizon of possible meanings by showing that one interpretation is more probable than another in light of what we already know". In many of its uses, "the meaning of guessing is assumed as implicitly understood", and the term is therefore often used without being meticulously defined. Guessing may combine elements of deduction, induction, abduction, and the purely random selection of one choice from a set of given options. Guessing may also involve the intuition of the guesser, who may have a "gut feeling" about which answer is correct without necessarily being able to articulate a reason for having this feeling.

ChatGPT

  1. guessing

    Guessing is the process of predicting or making an assumption about an unknown result, information, or outcome without sufficient data, evidence or factual basis. It often involves intuition or conjecture rather than calculated or informed decision-making.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Guessing

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of guessing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of guessing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of guessing in a Sentence

  1. Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree:

    We know the officer called for backup for a reason ... we'll find that out, we will not jeopardize this investigation by guessing.

  2. La Russa:

    I'll re-read that situation, i'm guessing you know the rules there. Now, I know.

  3. Leon Clarke:

    Everyone's guessing ; nobody knows what the policies are, everyone knows you've got to get rid of coal, but nobody has the ability to say here's what's going to be in the actual bill and here's an assessment of that.

  4. Andrew Cuomo:

    There are a lot of variables. I understand that. We didnt know what the social distancing would actually amount to. I get it, but we were all wrong, so, Im sort of out of the guessing business, right? We watched the numbers. We prepare as the numbers drop, so when the number actually hits the threshold, were ready to go. We just finished that. Were in the midst of that with Long Island, Mid-Hudson region, etc. But... I dont want to guess.

  5. President Biden:

    Any time something like this happens it's going to make you second guess the actions that you take, and the problem with that is when you're second guessing what you're supposed to be doing, people could evade apprehension, you could end up getting yourself hurt, you could end up getting innocent third parties hurt -- because you don't take the actions that are necessary because you're worried you're going to be second guessed by the president of the United States, we’re not talking about being second guessed by someone with a camera, we’re talking about being second guessed by the president of the United States and that's the political situation we’re currently under, and any time that happens of course we’re going to be very, very leery about the actions we take.

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