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second-guess Aug 1st 2011, 10:36 tgloss:"to vet or evaluate" (Assisted) ← Older revision Revision as of 10:36, 1 August 2011 Line 6: Line 6: * Presumably from trying to guess with second sight. * Presumably from trying to guess with second sight. {{rfe|Origins, derivations, history and antecedents.}} {{rfe|Origins, derivations, history and antecedents.}}   +   + ====Verb====   + {{en-verb|second-guesses|second-guessing|second-guessed|inf=to [[second]]-[[guess]]}}   + # {{idiomatic}} to attempt to [[predict]] or [[anticipate]].   + #* 1957: "As a practical matter, a fertilizer company could not afford to '''second-guess''' the Federal Trade Commission or a jury in a triple damage case on so obscure a point." (U.S. Senate)<ref>Conner, John D. (1957<!--1957 not Google error "1857"-->). "Statement of John D. Conner, general counsel for the National Plant Food Institute; accompanied by Paul T. Truitt, executive vice president", in ''To Amend Section 2 of the Clayton Act. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, first session, pursuant to S. Res. 57 on [S. 11 and S. 1211]. March 27, 28, 29, April 2, 3, 4, and 5, 1957. Part 2.'' (91068-57-pt.2), Washington, D.C.: U.S Government Printing Office, OCLC [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5232324 5232324], p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Tgw2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA796 796]</ref>   + #* 1995: "MacGregor avoided this trap by refusing to give managers reporting to him the opportunity to '''second-guess''' the solution he would be most likely to choose."<ref>Carlisle, Arthur Elliott (1995). "MacGregor" ([<!--free download-->http://www.pmicoc.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=606&Itemid=62 PDF]), ''Organizational Dynamics: A Quarterly Review of Organizational Behavior for Professional Managers'', Vol. 24, No. 2 (Autumn 1995), New York: American Management Association, ISSN [http://www.worldcat.org/issn/0090-2616 0090-2616], p. 77</ref>   +   + ====Translations====   + {{trans-top|to attempt to predict or anticipate}}   + * Russian: {{t|ru|предвидеть|tr=|sc=Cyrl}}, {{qualifier|literary}} {{t|ru|предвосхитить|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|предугадать|sc=Cyrl}}   + {{trans-mid}}   + {{trans-bottom}}   +   + ===Etymology 2===   + * Presumably from trying to improve with a second stab.   + {{rfe|Origins, derivations, history and antecedents.}}   +   + ====Verb====   + {{en-verb|second-guesses|second-guessing|second-guessed|inf=to [[second]]-[[guess]]}}   + # {{idiomatic}}{{US}} to [[vet]] or [[evaluate]]; to [[criticize]] or [[correct]], often by [[hindsight]], by [[presuming]] to have a better [[idea]], [[method]], etc.   + #* 1946: "I suppose anybody who keeps a diary and subsequently goes over it for publication has a tremendous temptation to '''second-guess''' and make himself look like an oracle."<ref>Butcher, Harry C. (1946). ''My Three Years with Eisenhower: the personal diary of Captain Harry C. Butcher, USNR, naval aide to General Eisenhower, 1942 to 1945'', New York: Simon and Schuster, OCLC [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/392850 392850], p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=j6yxAAAAIAAJ&q=%22has+a+tremendous+temptation+to+second-guess+and+make+himself+look+like+an+oracle%22#search_anchor xv]</ref>   + #* 1959: "Public administration would be hamstrung if courts were free to '''second-guess''' reasonable administrative decisions." (U.S. Court of Appeals)<ref>U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit (1959). [http://openjurist.org/264/f2d/695 "264 F.2d 695. Housing Authority of City of Opelousas Louisiana v. Pittman Construction Company Pittman Construction Company"] (March 10, 1959), in ''The Federal Reporter'', Second Series, Vol. 264, Nos 1-6, St. Paul: West Pub. Co., OCLC [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1569008 1569008], p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=gYE3AAAAIAAJ&q=%22to+second-guess%22#search_anchor 697]</ref>   + #* 2003: "If you suspect you've stepped over the line, ask a few other copy editors to '''second-guess''' your headline." (''Editing Today'')<ref>Smith, Ron F. & O'Connell, Loraine M. (2003). ''Editing Today'' (2nd ed.), Ames: Iowa State Press (Wiley-Blackwell), ISBN 978-0-8138-1306-6 (hardcover), part II "Helping Reporters Tell Their Stories", p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=0vx_3YNO41sC&pg=PA146 146]</ref>   + #* ''Please don't try to '''second-guess''' the procedure that we have already refined and adopted.''   + #* ''Once she began listening to her instincts and didn't '''second-guess''' herself the entire time, her artwork improved noticeably.''   +   + ====Related terms====   + * [[second guesser]]   +   + ====Translations====   + {{trans-top|to vet or evaluate}} ====Verb==== ====Verb====

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