wild guess

collocation in English

meaningsofwildandguess

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wild
adjective
uk
/waɪld/us
/waɪld/
uncontrolled, violent, ...
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guess
noun[C]
uk
/ɡes/us
/ɡes/
an attempt to give the right answer when you are not certain if you ...
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(Definition ofwildandguessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwild guess

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It is just awildguesswhich will not help us.
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It is not an infallible prophecy, neither is it awildguess.
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They will frankly admit, if you tackle them, that in many cases they are not much better than awildguess.
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It is simply awildguessand nothing else.
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Would he be kind enough to tell us whether his estimate was awildguessor whether he still stands by that figure?
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I do not think anyone would claim that either of those estimates is much better than awildguess.
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I have an idea, but it would be awildguess.
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Consequently, this figure of 70,000 is not a verywildguess.
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I put it to him that that is awildguess.
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This was nowildguess, and yet it has turned out to be wholly denied by events.
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I think that that is awildguess, and could not possibly be substantiated.
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Was it just awildguessthen?
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Is this figure awildguesstoo?
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Baltar then points to one of the buildings of the base, simply as awildguess.
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That bridge was replaced by a new bridge around 1970wildguess.
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He throws out awildguessas to what he is looking at, at which point the picture is zoomed out a little.
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That fact, however, does not reduce us to wild guesses.
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It is certainly not based on any exaggeration or wild guesses from any other source.
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That estimate depends on wild guesses and highly dubious assumptions.
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