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   guess

   /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 estimatecalculateapproximatemake a guess atmake an estimate ofhypothesizepostulatepredictspeculateconjecturesurmisereckonfathomevaluatejudgegaugedeterminerateappraiseweigh upform an opinion ofinformal:guesstimatesize up
   • ▪ form a correct conclusion about (something) by guessing: "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 conclusion formed by guessing: "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?

   • Guess means to attempt to provide an answer to something without knowing with certainty that it is correct. When you guess in this way, you don’t have enough information to know for sure. Guess is also a noun that refers to the answer that you give in such a situation. Guess also means to believe or suppose.

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   What does guessed mean?

   • 1. to commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without sufficient evidence; hazard: to guess a person's weight. 2. to estimate or conjecture about correctly: I guessed that would be the answer. 3. to believe, or suppose: I guess I can manage alone. 4. to form an estimate or conjecture (often fol. by at or about): to guess at the weight.

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   What is a bad guess?

   • 5. an estimate or conclusion arrived at by guessing: a bad guess. 1. to commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without sufficient evidence; hazard: to guess a person's weight. 2. to estimate or conjecture about correctly: I guessed that would be the answer. 3. to believe, or suppose: I guess I can manage alone.

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   Where did the word guess come from?

   • The first records of the word guess come from the early 1300s. It comes from the Middle English gessen and may be Scandanavian in origin. The noun sense of guess comes from the Middle English gesse, which is based on the verb. Did you know ... ?

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     GUESS definicja: 1. to give an answer to a particular...

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     GUESS meaning: 1. to give an answer to a particular question...

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     GUESS translate: เดา, คิดว่า, การคาดการณ์. Learn more in the...

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     GUESS translate: 추측하다, 알아맞히다, 추측, 생각. Learn more in the...

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     GUESS translate: adivinar, adivinar, acertar, intento de...

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     GUESS translate: يُخَمِّن, يُخَمِّن, تَخْمين, حَدْس. Learn...

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   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.

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   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.

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