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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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used when you believe something is true or likely but are not certain: [ + (that) ] I guess (that) things are pretty hard for you now. I guess I should start looking for a lawyer. It's been four or five weeks, I guess, since I last spoke to her.
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.
Guess definition: to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully. See examples of GUESS used in a sentence.
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.
guess noun [C] (OPINION) an opinion that you have formed by guessing: My guess is they'll announce their engagement soon. be anybody's guess informal. to be something that no one can be certain about: What happens after the election is anybody's guess.
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.
Guess definition: . See examples of GUESS used in a sentence.
Definitions of guess. verb. expect, believe, or suppose. “I guess she is angry at me for standing her up” synonyms: imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think. see more. verb. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. “I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again” synonyms: hazard, pretend, venture. see more. verb.
