guessing

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/ˈɡɛsɪŋ/

noun

The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.

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guessguessworkshotdead reckoning
OriginMiddle English gessyng →
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Meanings

guessing1

nounguessing (plural guessings)

plural guessings

  1. The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.

    one's anxious guessings and scrutinizings

    1897, Thomas Carlyle, Frederick the Great (page 343)

guessing2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of guess

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan estimate based on little or no information

Similar
guessguessworkshotdead reckoning
Broader
estimateestimationapproximation
Also see
dead reckoningguessguessworkshot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

guessing · noun

  1. Middle Englishgessyng
  2. Englishguessing

From Middle English gessyng, gessynge, equivalent to guess + -ing.

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guessing · verb

  1. Middle Englishgessyng
  2. Englishguessing

From Middle English gessyng, equivalent to guess + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with guessing

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Anagrams

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APA

guessing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessing

MLA

“guessing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guessing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessing.

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