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- Dictionarysec·ond-guess/ˌsɛkənd ˈɡɛs/
verb
- 1. anticipate or predict (someone's actions or thoughts) by guesswork: "he had to second-guess what the environmental regulations would be in five years' time"
- 2. judge or criticize (someone) with hindsight: North American "juries are often reluctant to second-guess doctors"
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The meaning of SECOND-GUESS is to criticize or question actions or decisions of (someone) often after the results of those actions or decisions are known; also : to engage in such criticism of (an action or decision). How to use second-guess in a sentence.
SECOND-GUESS definition: 1. to guess what someone will do in the future: 2. to criticize someone's actions or an event…. Learn more.
SECOND-GUESS meaning: 1. to guess what someone will do in the future: 2. to criticize someone's actions or an event…. Learn more.
When you second-guess something, you either predict what will happen in the future, or look back and reevaluate something that happened in the past. You might second-guess your decision to wear shorts after it starts snowing.
Second-guess definition: to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.. See examples of SECOND-GUESS used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning and usage of the verb second-guess, which means to try to guess in advance what someone will do or what will happen, or to criticize or evaluate with hindsight. See sentences, synonyms, pronunciation and word frequency.
[transitive, intransitive] second-guess (somebody/something) (especially North American English) to criticize somebody after a decision has been made; to criticize something after it has happened. See second-guess in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: second-guess.
