guessworknoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɡes.wɜːk/us/ˈɡes.wɝːk/the process of making a guess when you do not know all the facts:
The projected sales figures are pure guesswork on our part.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- guesstimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- propositional
- shot
- supposition
- surmise
- underestimate
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