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- Dictionaryguess/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
noun
- 1. an estimate or conjecture: "my guess is that within a year we will have a referendum"
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The meaning of GUESS is to form an opinion of from little or no evidence. How to use guess in a sentence.
Synonyms for GUESS: assume, suppose, think, suspect, imagine, presume, surmise, speculate; Antonyms of GUESS: prove, establish, demonstrate, determine, learn, ascertain, find out, validate.
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.
To guess is to risk an opinion regarding something one does not know about, or, by chance, to arrive at the correct answer to a question: to guess the outcome of a game.
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 criticize or question actions or decisions of (someone) often after the results of those actions or decisions are known. meet almost every morning and, over coffee, second-guess the local coach. Bruce Newman. also : to engage in such criticism of (an action or decision) second-guess the general's strategy. 2. : to seek to anticipate or predict
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. synonyms: conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise. see more. Pronunciation.
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.
Definition of guess verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. guesses. To predict (a result or an event) without sufficient information. American Heritage. To assume, presume, or assert (a fact) without sufficient information. American Heritage. To form a judgment or estimate of (something) without actual knowledge or enough facts for certainty; conjecture; surmise. Webster's New World.
