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Meaning of Guesswork | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية التخمين
Català conjectures
Deutsch Mutmaßung Raterei Rätselraten Spekulation Vermutung
Ελληνικά γνώμη εικασία κρίση υπολογισμός
Español adivinanza conjeturas suposiciones
Suomi arvailu arvaus
Français extrapolation
Italiano congettura ipotesi supposizione
日本語 当てずっぽう 当て推量 推測
Nederlands giswerk
Polski domysł przypuszczenie
Português achismo conjeturas suposições
Русский домысел
Svenska gissning

Examples

“By a careful study⟳ of the figure⟳ we might suspect⟳ that when the rectangle becomes a square its area would be the greatest, but this would at best be mere guesswork. A better way would evidently be to plot the graph of the function (1) and note⟳ its behavior.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

guessworker guest guest beer guest blogger guest book guest chair

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