guessing

guessing
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. guesswork, supposition, imagination, fancy, inference, deduction, presumption, predisposition, reckoning, surmise, theorizing, taking for granted, positing, postuLating, assuming, presuming, opinion, going by dead reckoning, leaping to conclusions*, going by guess and by God*.

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  • Guessing — Guess Guess (g[e^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guessing}.] [OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf. Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally, to try to get, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • guessing — noun Guessing is used before these nouns: ↑game …   Collocations dictionary

  • Guessing — Original name in latin Gssing Name in other language Gjussing, Guessing, Gssing, Nemetujvar, Nmetjvr, Гюссинг State code AT Continent/City Europe/Vienna longitude 47.05936 latitude 16.32431 altitude 232 Population 0 Date 2012 02 03 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • guessing game — UK [ˈɡesɪŋ ˌɡeɪm] / US noun [countable] Word forms guessing game : singular guessing game plural guessing games a situation where people have to guess what is going to happen. You usually use this expression when you think the situation is… …   English dictionary

  • Guessing game — A guessing game is a game in which the object is to guess some kind of information, such as a word, a phrase, a title, or the location of an object.Many of the games are played co operatively. In some games some player(s) know the answer, but… …   Wikipedia

  • guessing — Synonyms and related words: abashed, abroad, adrift, astray, at sea, bewildered, bothered, clueless, confused, discomposed, disconcerted, dismayed, disoriented, distracted, distraught, disturbed, embarrassed, in a fix, in a maze, in a pickle, in… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • guessing — ges n. conjecture; supposition; hypothesis v. suppose; hypothesize; conjecture …   English contemporary dictionary

  • guessing —  Uncertain …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • guessing — noun an estimate based on little or no information (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑guess, ↑guesswork, ↑shot, ↑dead reckoning • Derivationally related forms: ↑guess, ↑guess ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • guessing game — noun Any game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc, for which the other player or players provide clues …   Wiktionary

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