Below you will find example sentences with "initial guess". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Initial Guess in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 7
  • Discovered as a combination around: initial
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 4
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 18.7 words

Words in this phrase

initial guess

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • initial can mean: Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin. Frequent word
  • guess can mean: To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

by her initial guess of malin 1× diverges for initial guess 1 42 1× from an initial guess iterative methods 1× my initial guess was 1× my initial guess was wrong 1× of the initial guess whereas method 1× slowly with initial guess 1 4 1× uses an initial guess to generate 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and jenny stuck 1× in practical terms 1× in the problems 1× observe that the 1× starting from an 1×

Common sentence endings:

guess 1 42 1× in the limit 1× in the value 1× of malin ackerman 1× to a solution 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

method 3× solution 3× converges 2× value 2× methods 2× iterative 2× successive 2× approximations 2× observe 1× babylonian 1× quickly 1× regardless 1×

Related phrases

initial public initial release

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around initial:

initial public 10× initial release 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

infrastructure projects informed consent information technology information related information regarding information gathering

Just after it in the phrase index:

initial public initial release initially claimed initially reported initiated coverage injured reserve

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

initial public initial release

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "initial guess" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 18.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as by her initial guess of malin, diverges for initial guess 1 42, method, solution and converges stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with initial public, initial release, initial public and initial release, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with initial guess

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

My initial guess was. (4 words)

My initial guess was wrong. (5 words)

And Jenny stuck by her initial guess of Malin Ackerman. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

In the problems of finding the root of an equation (or a solution of a system of equations), an iterative method uses an initial guess to generate successive approximations to a solution. (32 words)

Observe that the Babylonian method converges quickly regardless of the initial guess, whereas Method X converges extremely slowly with initial guess 1.4 and diverges for initial guess 1.42. (30 words)

In practical terms, one begins with an initial guess as to the expected value of a quantity, and then, using various methods and instruments, reduces the uncertainty in the value. (30 words)

Example sentences (7)

Observe that the Babylonian method converges quickly regardless of the initial guess, whereas Method X converges extremely slowly with initial guess 1.4 and diverges for initial guess 1.42.

And Jenny stuck by her initial guess of Malin Ackerman.

My initial guess was.

My initial guess was wrong.

In practical terms, one begins with an initial guess as to the expected value of a quantity, and then, using various methods and instruments, reduces the uncertainty in the value.

In the problems of finding the root of an equation (or a solution of a system of equations), an iterative method uses an initial guess to generate successive approximations to a solution.

Starting from an initial guess, iterative methods form successive approximations that converge to the exact solution only in the limit.