guesser

«guesser» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who guesses, who gives an answer without knowing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a guesser, guessers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who guesses, who gives an answer without knowing for sure. tree →

2) In tests and games, a rule or player that picks an answer without really knowing, for example always choosing the longest option. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and quizzes, a «good guesser» uses estimation and clues; a random guesser often gets it wrong. In school testing a «guesser» is the score you would get by pure luck, which a real answer should beat. Phrases: a good guesser, a lucky guesser, a wild guesser.

examples

• She is a great guesser at riddles. tree →
• A lucky guesser might get one in four answers right on a quiz. tree →
• The longest-answer guesser is the score to beat. tree →
• In the game, the guesser has to find the hidden word. tree →
• Dad is a terrible guesser of people's ages. tree →
• Be a smart guesser: estimate first, then check. tree →

note

Plural: guessers. From «guess» + -er. In maths, a sensible guess is called an estimate; checking it with a calculation is good practice. With 4 options, pure guessing gets about 1 in 4 (25%) right on average.

In the corpora

• A simple next-word guesser counts which words came after a word in its text and picks the one it saw most often.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «guesser» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.