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- Dictionaryguess/ɡɛs/
verb
- 1. estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct: "she guessed the child's age at 14 or 15" Similar
noun
- 1. an estimate or conclusion formed by guessing: "my guess is that within a year we will have a referendum"
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GUESS definition: 1. to give an answer to a particular question when you do not have all the facts and so cannot be…. Learn more.
1. : to form an opinion of from little or no evidence. She could only guess what he meant. 2. : believe, suppose. I guess you're right. 3. : to arrive at a correct conclusion about by conjecture, chance, or intuition. guess the answer. intransitive verb. : to make a guess. We can only guess at what really happened. guessable. ˈge-sə-bəl. adjective.
To guess is to risk an opinion regarding something one does not know about, or, wholly or partly by chance, to arrive at the correct answer to a question: to guess the outcome of a game. Guess at implies more haphazard or random guessing: to guess at the solution of a crime.
1. (when: intr, 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. 2. to arrive at a correct estimate of (something) by guessing: he guessed my age.
To guess is to risk an opinion regarding something one does not know about, or, wholly or partly by chance, to arrive at the correct answer to a question: to guess the outcome of a game. guess at implies more haphazard or random guessing: to guess at the solution of a crime.
noun. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. synonyms: conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise. see more. Pronunciation.
Definition of guess noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
