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guessworks

guessworks is the plural of guesswork.

Meaning of guesswork

Noun

guesswork (countable and uncountable, plural guessworks)

  1. An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
    • 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.1911, William Anthony Granville, Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus
    Synonyms:
    conjecture

Questions about guessworks

What is guessworks the plural of?
Guessworks is the plural of guesswork.

Words near guessworks in the dictionary

  1. guesstimator
  2. guesstimators
  3. guesswork
  4. guessworker
  5. guessworkers
  6. guessworks
  7. guessèd
  8. guest
  9. guest beer
  10. guest beers
  11. guest blogger

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