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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).
to criticize someone's actions or an event after it has happened: Of course it's easy to second-guess the management of the election campaign, but I do think serious mistakes were made. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of second-guess from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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.
verb. /ˌsekənd ˈɡes/ Verb Forms. [transitive] second-guess somebody/something/yourself to guess what somebody will do before they do it; to guess how you will feel in the future. It was impossible to second-guess the decision of the jury. It's one of the toughest decisions you'll ever make and you may still be second-guessing yourself .
If you try to second-guess something, you try to guess in advance what someone will do or what will happen.
Second-guess definition: to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.. See examples of SECOND-GUESS used in a sentence.
