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Meaning of 'guess' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Guess [ n.]
- An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.
2 . Guess [ v. i.]
- To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
3 . Guess [ v. t.]
- To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
- To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
- To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
- To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.

Meaning of 'guess' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . guess [ v]
Meaning (1):
- expect, believe, or suppose
Example in sentence:
  • he didn't think to find her in the kitchen;
  • I guess she is angry at me for standing her up;
  • I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel;
  • I thought to find her in a bad state
Meaning (2):
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
Example in sentence:
  • He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize
Meaning (3):
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Example in sentence:
  • I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again;
  • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Meaning (4):
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Example in sentence:
  • I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds

Nearby Words:

gue gue'vi gueber guebre guelderrose' guelf guelfic guelph guelphic guenon

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