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Meanings of guesswork in English
Synonyms
Examples for "shot"
Examples for "shot"
1
A year ago, I thought it was possible but a long shot.
2
The shot was Dallas' second since the start of the second period.
3
Barque and Biquet were shot in the belly; Eudore in the throat.
4
He has shot dead at least 12 victims so far, police say.
5
Malala was shot three times at point blank range two years ago.
1
Imagine coming home from work and your partner saying, 'Honey, guess what?
2
The result is easy to guess: less lending and falling housing prices.
3
He promised we'd have 'a talk' tomorrow, which is today, I guess.
4
You say the ring is dangerous, far more dangerous than I guess.
5
But let me guess-youdon't want to talk about that either, right?
1
That time of year and with it that great guessing game again.
2
Conducting an investigation is hard enough without outsiders second-guessing my case work.
3
Went right into the freezer, I'm guessing, or home with the help.
4
Hanna was guessing, of course, but Thandi thought the guess made sense.
5
Raters achieved significant accuracy by guessing that second movers exhibited reciprocal behaviour.
1
Now I shall chart my position and prove it by dead reckoning.
2
It's a kind of dead reckoning yeh hevn't had call to make.
3
Several times' he nearly got lost, and had to go by dead reckoning.
4
On December 9 observations and dead reckoning agreed within a mile.
5
According to dead reckoning our latitude that evening was 86º S.
Usage of guesswork in English
1
All guesswork, that, but she didn't think she was too far wrong.
2
Before the pair met, it was often guesswork as to his intentions.
3
If he could anticipate her guesswork, then he might yet find her.
4
With me there are just uneven charts and guesswork with code names.
5
There is no shadow of doubt about this, nor is it guesswork.
6
In fiction, you are at least admitting the technological aspect is guesswork.
7
To convert the significance of these deductions into figures involves much guesswork.
8
Reporting on the fires requires a lot of driving, instinct and guesswork.
9
I don't have anything more scientific to back up the guesswork though.
10
But then he was very young, It was all guesswork with him.
11
Or if he had some deeper design, it was still all guesswork.
12
What Snap might have done if you had married him is guesswork.
13
This, he recognized, was guesswork, but still it might be the truth.
14
Hypothesis, or guesswork, indeed, lies at the foundation of all scientific knowledge.
15
Nothing is left to memory or guesswork-nothingcan be overlooked, nothing forgotten.
16
And getting farther is largely a matter of guesswork, is it not?
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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