outguess

[ out-ges ]

verb (used with object)

1. to anticipate correctly the actions or intentions of; outwit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outguess¹

First recorded in 1910–15; out- + guess

Example Sentences

Therefore “there’s also a potential opportunity for active investors in terms of outguessing the rest of the market as to how the political situation is going to unfold.”

From Reuters

One thing, above all, was relentlessly drummed into me at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business: You, private citizen, should not attempt to outguess the market.

From Washington Post

All these questions and more are at the heart of a plot that unfolds like a series of Russian nesting dolls, so much so that outguessing every last twist and turn is unlikely to happen.

From Los Angeles Times

While the frustrations of parents and staff over districts’ decisions last week are understandable, so too is the impossible position of a superintendent trying to outguess a moving target.

From Washington Times

When a country is at the technology frontier — as the United States has been for more than a century — the bureaucrats have to outguess the market.

From Washington Post

Related Words

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• bamboozle
• circumvent
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