Guesswork Meaning in English

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التعريف

When you try to find an answer without enough information, using guesses instead of facts or evidence.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Guesswork' is uncountable and often used after 'pure', 'mainly', or 'just'. Common in situations where decisions are based on little information. Not used for calculated estimates (that would be 'estimation' or 'calculation').

• Spanish: conjeturas - suposiciones
• Portuguese (BR): adivinhação - suposição
• Portuguese (PT): adivinhação - suposição
• Chinese (Simplified): 猜测 - 猜想
• Chinese (Traditional): 猜測 - 猜想
• Hindi: अनुमान
• Arabic: تخمين
• Bengali: অনুমান
• Russian: догадки - предположение
• Japanese: 当てずっぽう
• Vietnamese: sự phỏng đoán
• Korean: 추측
• Turkish: tahmin yürütme
• Urdu: قیاس آرائی
• Indonesian: tebakan

جمل نموذجية

Finding the right answer was just guesswork.

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Without data, science is just guesswork.

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We relied on guesswork to finish the puzzle.

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Hiring the right person can't be left to guesswork.

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Most of your plan is just guesswork, isn’t it?

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There’s no need for guesswork—the instructions are clear.

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