initial guess

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The first guess made at the beginning of a process.

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  • Based on the data, our initial guess was surprisingly accurate.
  • The scientist made an initial guess before running the experiment.
  • My initial guess was wrong, so I had to recalculate.
  • She wrote down her initial guess and then refined it.
  • The initial guess serves as a starting point for the calculation.
  • Without more information, this is just an initial guess.
  • His initial guess turned out to be closer than expected.
  • We need to make an initial guess before we can proceed.
  • The initial guess was off by several hundred dollars.
  • Let me refine my initial guess with better data.