Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to outguess
Participle: outguessed
Gerund: outguessing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | outguess |
| you | outguess |
| he;she;it | outguesses |
| we | outguess |
| you | outguess |
| they | outguess |
Perfect
| I | have outguessed |
| you | have outguessed |
| he;she;it | has outguessed |
| we | have outguessed |
| you | have outguessed |
| they | have outguessed |
Past
| I | outguessed |
| you | outguessed |
| he;she;it | outguessed |
| we | outguessed |
| you | outguessed |
| they | outguessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had outguessed |
| you | had outguessed |
| he;she;it | had outguessed |
| we | had outguessed |
| you | had outguessed |
| they | had outguessed |
Future
| I | will outguess |
| you | will outguess |
| he;she;it | will outguess |
| we | will outguess |
| you | will outguess |
| they | will outguess |
Future Perfect
| I | will have outguessed |
| you | will have outguessed |
| he;she;it | will have outguessed |
| we | will have outguessed |
| you | will have outguessed |
| they | will have outguessed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | outguess |
| you | outguess |
| he;she;it | outguess |
| we | outguess |
| you | outguess |
| they | outguess |
Perfect
| I | have outguessed |
| you | have outguessed |
| he;she;it | have outguessed |
| we | have outguessed |
| you | have outguessed |
| they | have outguessed |
Imperfect
| I | outguessed |
| you | outguessed |
| he;she;it | outguessed |
| we | outguessed |
| you | outguessed |
| they | outguessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had outguessed |
| you | had outguessed |
| he;she;it | had outguessed |
| we | had outguessed |
| you | had outguessed |
| they | had outguessed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would outguess |
| you | would outguess |
| he;she;it | would outguess |
| we | would outguess |
| you | would outguess |
| they | would outguess |
Perfect
| I | would have outguessed |
| you | would have outguessed |
| he;she;it | would have outguessed |
| we | would have outguessed |
| you | would have outguessed |
| they | would have outguessed |
Imperative
| you | outguess |
| we | Let's outguess |
| you | outguess |
Verbs conjugated like 'outguess'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'outguess'
out-guess,
outbless,
outdress,
outgross,
outgush,
outpress,
buttress,
foreguess,
guess,
misguess,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úd
3. Proto-Germanic *ūt
4. Proto-Germanic *ūt-
5. Old English ūt-
6. Middle English ut-
7. English out-
8. English guess
9. English outguess
10. From out- + guess.
Sample Sentences
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He outguessed, outscored, and outguarded the Tiger, though the latter in a guard position showed that he was a real basketball man. [1921, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine - Volumes 11-13, page 22:]
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Switching on “Jeopardy,” she simultaneously, talks to her baby, pages through the paper, and outguesses the TV contestants. [1972 December 5, “A Day in the Life of a Welfare Mother”, in The New York Times:]
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It has been the dream of socialist governments to outguess markets by investing in winning industries that would provide the wherewithal to support their social welfare programs. [1982 March 14, Aaron Wildavsky, “AGAINST REAGANOMICS”, in The New York Times:]
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Money managers who play down currencies tend to argue that outguessing foreign exchange markets in the short term is perilous, and that, over the long haul, shifts in currency values tend to offset one another. [1986 May 25, William G. McBride, “INVESTING; CHASING RETURNS IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES”, in The New York Times:]
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Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon
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"Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold."