Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To anticipate correctly the actions of.
- transitive verb To gain the advantage over (another) by cleverness or forethought; outwit.
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- verb transitive to
beat through accurateanticipation of someone's plans and actions.
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- verb attempt to anticipate or predict
Etymologies
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Examples
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The flaw in public policy is that planners and engineers think they can outguess the market.
Mass Transit and Happiness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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A two-day cat-and-mouse chase through the streets of uptown Manhattan as quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs try to outguess Thompson Boyd -- by all appearances a nondescript, innocuous man, but one whose past has turned him into a killing machine as unfeeling and cunning as a wolf.
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The danger of this, of course, is if we become invested in a character and they outguess themselves by going to the “nothing is how you think” well too often.
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But if Alan Greenspan does not understand why long rates are staying low despite the Feds efforts to push up short rates, who am I outguess the market.
Actuarial Scoring Errors, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The danger of this, of course, is if we become invested in a character and they outguess themselves by going to the “nothing is how you think” well too often.
March « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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The rest of the day was spent trying to outguess any other potential attacks, with Air Force One flying around US air space until someone could think of what to do.
TV review: The Twins of the Twin Towers and George W Bush: The 9/11 Interview 2011
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Obama thinks many steps ahead … and those who try to try to outguess him have often been proven outmatched.
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Still Standing, based on the hit Israeli series of the same title, challenges contestants to try to outguess other opponents in a fast-paced trivia game.
NBC Sets Summer Slate with Marriage Ref, Talent and Three New Shows 2011
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"If there is a market with many traders, you shouldn't try to outguess the market," says J.
Making Sense of Market Forecasts Jason Zweig 2011
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The danger of this, of course, is if we become invested in a character and they outguess themselves by going to the “nothing is how you think” well too often.
24 « March « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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