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   Guess

   /ɡes/

   

   verb

   • 1. estimate or suppose (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct: "she guessed the child's age to be 14 or 15" Similar estimatecalculateapproximatemake a guess atmake an estimate ofhypothesizepostulatepredictspeculateconjecturesurmisereckonfathomevaluatejudgegaugedeterminerateappraiseweigh upform an opinion ofinformal:guesstimatesize up
   • ▪ make a conjecture about: "their motives he could only guess at"
   • ▪ correctly conjecture or perceive: "she's guessed where we're going"
   • ▪ used to indicate that although one thinks or supposes something, it is without any great conviction or strength of feeling: "I guess I'd better tell you everything" Similar supposethinkbelieveimagineexpectassumepresumejudgeconsiderfeelsuspectdare sayfancydivinedeemconjecturesurmiseconcludehazard a guessbe of the opinionbe given to understandfigureinformal:reckon

   noun

   • 1. an estimate or conjecture: "my guess is that within a year we will have a referendum"

   Word Origin Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch gissen, and probably related to get.

   Derivatives

   • 1. guessable adjective
   • 2. guesser noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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