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Dictionary: guess·work   (gĕs'wûrk') pronunciation
n.
  1. The process of making guesses.
  2. An estimate or judgment made by guessing.

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noun

    A judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessing: conjecture, guess, speculation, supposition, surmise. See opinion.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an estimate based on little or no information
  Synonyms: guess, guessing, shot, dead reckoning


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gætteværk, gætteri

Nederlands (Dutch)
giswerk

Français (French)
n. - conjectures, hypothèses

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vermutung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εικασία, μάντεμα, υπόθεση

Italiano (Italian)
congettura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - suposição (f)

Русский (Russian)
догадки, работа вслепую

Español (Spanish)
n. - conjetura, conjeturas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spekulationer

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
臆测, 猜测, 凭猜测所作之工作

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 臆測, 猜測, 憑猜測所作之工作

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 짐작, 추측한 의견

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 当てずっぽう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الحزر او التخمين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ניחוש, השערה‬


 
 
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