educated

an educated guess

A thoughtful, well-reasoned guess; a guess with some basis in one's knowledge. Class, we've studied cells all semester. Take an educated guess as to what the answer might be.

an educated guess

a guess that is likely to be correct because you have enough knowledge about a particular subject Scientists can do no more than make educated guesses about future climate changes.

educated guess, an

A speculation based on past experience or knowledge, as in I'm not sure how much meat we need to feed twelve, but I'll make an educated guess and say six pounds . [Mid-1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jong-Su	jong-soo	Korean
Eudoxia	-	Ancient Greek
Costel	ko-STEL	Romanian
Naranbaatar	-	Mongolian
Altti	AHLT-tee	Finnish
Beatriz	be-ah-TREETH (Spanish), be-ah-TREES (Latin American Spanish), be-a-TREES (Portuguese), be-a-TREESH (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese