second-guess

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(sĕk'ənd-gĕs')

v., -guessed, -guess·ing, -guess·es.

v.tr.
  1. To criticize or correct after an outcome is known.
    1. To outguess.
    2. To predict or anticipate: "She can second-guess indictments" (Scott Turow).
v.intr.
To criticize a decision after its outcome is known.

second-guesser sec'ond-guess'er n.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudse, spå, forudsige
v. intr. - være bagklog

Nederlands (Dutch)
het achteraf beter weten

Français (French)
v. tr. - anticiper
v. intr. - anticiper

Deutsch (German)
v. - voraussehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προβλέπω και προλαβαίνω, κάνω τον έξυπνο κατόπιν εορτής

Italiano (Italian)
giudicare col senno di poi, predire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - tentar adivinhar o que vai acontecer

Русский (Russian)
пересмотр (мнения), пересматривать прежнее мнение, предугадать (чей-л. ход), перехитрить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - percepción tardía al criticar o corregir, predecir (algo)
v. intr. - percepción tardía al criticar o corregir, predecir (algo)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förutse, förutspå, inse i efterhand, döma med facit i hand

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
事后批评, 预测, 预言, 事后评论, 作事后批评

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 事後批評, 預測, 預言, 事後評論
v. intr. - 作事後批評

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 결과를 안 다음에 비판하다, 예언하다, 의도를 미리 짐작하다
v. intr. - 추측으로 예언하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - あと知恵で批判する, 予言する, 先を読む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخمن ثانيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניבה ע"י ניחוש‬
v. intr. - ‮העריך וביקר לאחר מעשה‬


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