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guess
[ ges ]
verb (used with object)
- to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully:
to guess a person's weight.
Synonyms: hazard
- to estimate or conjecture about correctly:
to guess what a word means.
- to think, believe, or suppose:
I guess I can get there in time.
Antonyms: know
verb (used without object)
- to form an estimate or conjecture (often followed by at or about ):
We guessed at the weight of the package.
- to estimate or conjecture correctly.
noun
- an opinion that one reaches or to which one commits oneself on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence whatever.
Synonyms: supposition
- the act of forming such an opinion:
to take a guess at someone's weight.
guess
/ ɡɛs /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by at or about to form or express an uncertain estimate or conclusion (about something), based on insufficient information
guess what we're having for dinner
- to arrive at a correct estimate of (something) by guessing
he guessed my age
- informal.to believe, think, or suppose (something)
I guess I'll go now
- keep a person guessingkeep a person guessing to let a person remain in a state of uncertainty
noun
- an estimate or conclusion arrived at by guessing
a bad guess
- the act of guessing
- anyone's guessanyone's guess something difficult to predict
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Derived Forms
- ˈguessingly, adverb
- ˈguessable, adjective
- ˈguesser, noun
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Other Words From
- guess·a·ble adjective
- guess·er noun
- guess·ing·ly adverb
- pre·guess noun verb
- un·guess·a·ble adjective
- un·guessed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of guess1
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Idioms and Phrases
- by guess and by gosh, Northern U.S. using a combination of guesswork and reliance on luck; hit or miss. Also by guess and by golly.
More idioms and phrases containing guess
see anyone's guess ; educated guess ; have another guess coming ; your guess is as good as mine .Discover More
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Example Sentences
Haha, what a sad thing to be great at, but yeah, I guess I am.
And then I got on a plane, and guess what was playing: I Never Sang for My Father.
As Randy wrote, “I guess this speaks to the church not really having a place for gay people so getting married is still implicit.”
I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
“I guess it was their first incident where they lose a plane,” said Dobersberger, the travel agent.
Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
It would be a modest guess that Accadian culture implied a growth of at least ten thousand years.
Since that he has made his almanacs without weatherwise sayings, leaving every man to guess for himself.
Squinty started to go back the way he had come, but I guess you can imagine what happened.
"I guess that is straight enough for Guitar to believe, instead of that upstart lieutenant," said Harry.
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