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SECOND-GUESS

Pronunciation (US):

• SECOND-GUESS (verb)
The verb SECOND-GUESS has 2 senses:

1. attempt to anticipate or predict
2. evaluate or criticize with hindsight

Familiarity information: SECOND-GUESS used as a verb is rare.

• SECOND-GUESS (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Attempt to anticipate or predict

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

outguess; second-guess

Hypernyms (to "second-guess" is one way to...):

anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Evaluate or criticize with hindsight

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "second-guess" is one way to...):

comment (explain or interpret something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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(English proverb)
"Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something."
(Native American proverb, Maricopa)
"Those who are far from the eye are far from the heart."
(Arabic proverb)
"Haste and speed are rarely good"
(Dutch proverb)

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