rough guess

collocation in English

meaningsofroughandguess

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rough
adjective
uk
/rʌf/us
/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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guess
noun[C]
uk
/ɡes/us
/ɡes/
an attempt to give the right answer when you are not certain if you ...
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(Definition ofroughandguessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrough guess

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Only aroughguesscan be made at the number of undischarged bankrupts since all the necessary information is not available.
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In fact, it was a veryroughguess, and those who got the scholarships were those who qualified by a very highly competitive examination.
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I do not want to give what at best would be aroughguessat a figure.
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At aroughguess, that is probably worth about £200,000 a year.
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At aroughguess, another £30 million or £40 million would bring it up to the figure originally intended.
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I would conclude by making aroughguessas to what it would cost—and it can be only aroughguess.
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Is it simply aroughguess—a toss up?
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This is a question on which we have no figures; we can only make aroughguess.
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So at aroughguess, we are likely to spend about £22 million a year on these projects.
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My extremelyroughguessis that there will be about 750,000 badgers by the year 2000.
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At aroughguess, that means dealing with something between 60,000 and 80,000 groups of figures, and getting them accurate.
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My figure of 20,000 was aroughguess.
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I would think that is a prettyroughguess.
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It will be extremely difficult for anyone to make more than a veryroughguessas to what his pension is likely to be.
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There is no unequivocal figure of what local education authorities are spending, though it is possible to hazard aroughguess.
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But all of those are just estimates because, as the buildings have not been rated, we can only make aroughguess.
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Is it the number of persons, or is it simply aroughguess?
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I take it on aroughguessthat he is going to save very little money indeed and it will turn these houses into dead things.
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They constitute only aroughguess.
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