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Guesswork
01
gissing, veronderstelling
the action of trying to provide an answer without having all the necessary information
Voorbeelden
In the absence of a calculator, I had to resort to guesswork to estimate the total cost of my purchases at the store.
Bij gebrek aan een rekenmachine moest ik mijn toevlucht nemen tot gissen om de totale kosten van mijn aankopen in de winkel te schatten.
During the trivia quiz, the contestant relied on guesswork to respond to questions they were unsure about, hoping to score some points.
Tijdens de triviaquiz vertrouwde de deelnemer op gissen om vragen te beantwoorden waar hij niet zeker van was, in de hoop wat punten te scoren.
02
an answer, estimate, or conclusion derived from guessing rather than certainty
Voorbeelden
The final score was mostly guesswork.
His explanation was guesswork rather than verified fact.
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