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SECOND-GUESS
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they second-guess ... he / she / it second-guesses
Past simple: second-guessed
Past participle: second-guessed
-ing form: second-guessing
Sense 1
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Attempt to anticipate or predict
Synonyms:
outguess; second-guess
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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