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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.
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.
: 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.
noun. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. synonyms: conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise. see more. Pronunciation.
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 give an answer or opinion about something without having all the facts: Can you guess how old he is? I would say he probably works in the media, but I'm just guessing. Fewer examples. I guessed from her accent that she must be French. He could only have guessed at what she was thinking. I guessed her age to be about 22 or 23.
Guess definition, 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. See more.
Definition of guess verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of guess noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
