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Meanings of guesswork in English

Portuguese
conjetura

An estimate based on little or no information.

conjetura
Usage of guesswork in English
1
All guesswork, that, but she didn't think she was too far wrong.
The river kings' road
2
Before the pair met, it was often guesswork as to his intentions.
The Guardian
3
If he could anticipate her guesswork, then he might yet find her.
The Descent
4
With me there are just uneven charts and guesswork with code names.
The Guardian
5
There is no shadow of doubt about this, nor is it guesswork.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
6
In fiction, you are at least admitting the technological aspect is guesswork.
The Democracy Project
7
To convert the significance of these deductions into figures involves much guesswork.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
8
Reporting on the fires requires a lot of driving, instinct and guesswork.
The Guardian
9
I don't have anything more scientific to back up the guesswork though.
The Irish Times
10
But then he was very young, It was all guesswork with him.
The Captives
11
Or if he had some deeper design, it was still all guesswork.
The Jesus of History
12
What Snap might have done if you had married him is guesswork.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
13
This, he recognized, was guesswork, but still it might be the truth.
The Pit Prop Syndicate
14
Hypothesis, or guesswork, indeed, lies at the foundation of all scientific knowledge.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
15
Nothing is left to memory or guesswork-nothingcan be overlooked, nothing forgotten.
Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured
16
And getting farther is largely a matter of guesswork, is it not?
The Second Story of Meno / A Continuation of Socrates' Dialogue ...
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Translations for guesswork
Portuguese
conjetura
Guesswork through the time
Guesswork across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common