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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

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   What does guess mean?

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   What does guessed mean?

   • guess (third-person singular simple present guesses, present participle guessing, simple past and past participle guessed) To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate . We can only guess at what was going through her mind. She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic.

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   What does it mean to guess a question?

   • The verb "to guess" means "to give an answer to a particular question when you do not have all the facts and so cannot be certain if you are correct" ( Cambridge) or loosely "to select the correct answer despite uncertainty". The phrase "I guess", on the other hand, is not generally used in American English to describe the process of guessing.

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   What is a guess based on?

   • guess about something The article is based on guesses about what might happen in the future. guess (that…) My guess is that we won't hear from him again. at a guess At a guess, there were forty people at the party. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!

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   guess. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English guess1 /ɡes/ S1 W3 verb 1 [ intransitive, transitive] to try to answer a question or form an opinion when you are not sure whether you will be correct I’d say he’s around 50, but I’m only guessing. guess right/correctly/wrong If you guess correctly, you have another turn. guess what ...

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   guess at something But this is clearly just a wild guess (= not sensible or accurate) at what his motives could have been. guess about something The article is based on guesses about what might happen in the future. guess as to something the market's best guess as to the possible performance of the company; guess (that…)

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   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.

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   Feb 16, 2024 · guess (plural guesses) A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support. If you don't know the answer, take a guess. "But I shall have eleven guesses ," answered Ozma. "Surely I ought to guess one object in eleven correctly; and, if I do, I shall rescue one of the royal family and be safe myself.