SECOND-GUESS


Meaning of SECOND-GUESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌse-k ə ŋ-ˈges, -kən(d)- ]

transitive verb

Date: 1941

1. : to criticize or question actions or decisions of (someone) often after the results of those actions or decisions are known

meet almost every morning and, over coffee, second-guess the local coach — Bruce Newman

also : to engage in such criticism of (an action or decision)

second-guess the general's strategy

2. : to seek to anticipate or predict

lived royally by his ability to second-guess the stock market — Time

• sec·ond-guess·er noun

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