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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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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: 1. to give an answer to a particular question when you do not have all the facts and so cannot be…. Learn more.
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.
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. synonyms: conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise. see more. Pronunciation.
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.
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.
To form a judgment or estimate of (something) without actual knowledge or enough facts for certainty; conjecture; surmise. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To think or suppose. I guess I can do it. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To judge correctly by doing this. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Verb Definitions (3)
Definition of guess noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of guess verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 ...
