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educated guess

educated guess noun: a well-informed guess or estimate based on experience or theoretical knowledge.

Noun

educated guess (plural educated guesses)

  1. A well-informed guess or estimate based on experience or theoretical knowledge.
    • Everyone guesses: estimating is how people with a trade guess; educated guesses are what professional people do; hopeless stabs in the dark are what statisticians do.2005 August 6, Guy Browning, “How to … guess”, in The Guardian

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Forms of educated guess

pluraleducated guesses

Questions about educated guess

What does educated guess mean?
Educated guess means a well-informed guess or estimate based on experience or theoretical knowledge.
What part of speech is educated guess?
Educated guess is a noun.
What is the plural of educated guess?
The plural of educated guess is educated guesses.

Words near educated guess in the dictionary

  1. educashun
  2. educatability
  3. educatable
  4. educate
  5. educated
  6. educated guess
  7. educated guesses
  8. educated incapacity
  9. educatedness
  10. educatee
  11. educatees

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