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guess
guess G0301600 (gĕs)v. guessed, guess·ing, guess·es v.tr.1. a. To predict (a result or an event) without sufficient information.b. To assume, presume, or assert (a fact) without sufficient information.2. To form a correct estimate or conjecture of: guessed the answer.3. To suppose; think: I guess he was wrong.v.intr.1. To make an estimate or conjecture: We could only guess at her motives.2. To estimate or conjecture correctly.n.1. An act or instance of guessing.2. A conjecture arrived at by guessing.
[Middle English gessen, probably of Scandinavian origin; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]
guess′er n.guess (ɡɛs) vb (when tr, may take a clause as object) 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. 3. informal chiefly US and Canadian to believe, think, or suppose (something): I guess I'll go now. 4. keep a person guessing to let a person remain in a state of uncertaintyn5. an estimate or conclusion arrived at by guessing: a bad guess. 6. the act of guessing7. anyone's guess something difficult to predict[C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Swedish gissa, Old Danish gitse, Middle Dutch gissen; see get] ˈguessable adj ˈguesser n ˈguessingly advguess (gɛs)
v.t. 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. v.i. 4. to form an estimate or conjecture (often fol. by at or about): to guess at the weight. 5. to estimate or conjecture correctly. n. 6. an opinion that one reaches on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence. 7. the act of forming such an opinion: to take a guess. [1300–50; Middle English gessen, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Dan, Norwegian gissa, Middle Low German gissen, Middle Dutch gessen, Old Norse geta.] guess′a•ble, adj. guess′er, n. syn: guess, conjecture, surmise imply attempting to form an opinion as to the probable. 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. To conjecture is to make inferences in the absence of sufficient evidence to establish certainty: to conjecture the circumstances of the crime. surmise implies making an intuitive conjecture that may or may not be correct: to surmise the motives that led to the crime. Guess of diagnosticians—Mensa.guess1. 'guess'If you guess that something is true, you decide that it is probably true. By this time they'd guessed that something was seriously wrong.You also use guess to say that someone finds the correct answer to a problem or question without knowing that it is correct. I guessed what was going to happen at the end of the film.2. 'I guess'In conversation, you can say I guess when you think that something is true or likely. I guess he got stuck in traffic.'What's that?' 'Some sort of blackbird, I guess.'You can use I guess so in conversation as an informal way of answering yes. Don't say 'I guess it'. 'Can you find some information for me?' 'I guess so.''Does that answer your question?' 'Yeah, I guess so.'You can use I guess not in conversation as an informal way of answering no, or of answering yes to a negative question. 'So no one actually saw him arriving?' 'No, I guess not.'guess
Past participle: guessed
Gerund: guessing
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| I guess | | you guess | | he/she/it guesses | | we guess | | you guess | | they guess |
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| I guessed | | you guessed | | he/she/it guessed | | we guessed | | you guessed | | they guessed |
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| I am guessing | | you are guessing | | he/she/it is guessing | | we are guessing | | you are guessing | | they are guessing |
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| I have guessed | | you have guessed | | he/she/it has guessed | | we have guessed | | you have guessed | | they have guessed |
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| I was guessing | | you were guessing | | he/she/it was guessing | | we were guessing | | you were guessing | | they were guessing |
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| I had guessed | | you had guessed | | he/she/it had guessed | | we had guessed | | you had guessed | | they had guessed |
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| I will guess | | you will guess | | he/she/it will guess | | we will guess | | you will guess | | they will guess |
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| I will have guessed | | you will have guessed | | he/she/it will have guessed | | we will have guessed | | you will have guessed | | they will have guessed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be guessing | | you will be guessing | | he/she/it will be guessing | | we will be guessing | | you will be guessing | | they will be guessing |
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| I have been guessing | | you have been guessing | | he/she/it has been guessing | | we have been guessing | | you have been guessing | | they have been guessing |
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| I will have been guessing | | you will have been guessing | | he/she/it will have been guessing | | we will have been guessing | | you will have been guessing | | they will have been guessing |
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| I had been guessing | | you had been guessing | | he/she/it had been guessing | | we had been guessing | | you had been guessing | | they had been guessing |
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| I would guess | | you would guess | | he/she/it would guess | | we would guess | | you would guess | | they would guess |
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| I would have guessed | | you would have guessed | | he/she/it would have guessed | | we would have guessed | | you would have guessed | | they would have guessed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  guess - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidencespeculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, conjecture, hypothesisopinion, view - a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"divination - successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck | | 2. |  guess - an estimate based on little or no informationdead reckoning, guessing, guesswork, shotapproximation, estimate, estimation, idea - an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" | | Verb | 1. | guess - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"reckon, suppose, think, imagine, opineanticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks" | | 2. | guess - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"hazard, venture, pretendforebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"suspect, surmise - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"speculate - talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal" | | 3. |  guess - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"estimate, gauge, approximate, judgecompute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computationquantise, quantize - approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete valuesmisgauge - gauge something incorrectly or improperlyput, place, set - estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."give - estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success"lowball, underestimate - make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"assess - estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"make - calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet"reckon, count - take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"truncate - approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"guesstimate - estimate based on a calculation | | 4. | guess - guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"inferfigure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work - find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"tell - discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy" |
guessverb1. estimate, predict, work out, speculate, fathom, conjecture, postulate, surmise, hazard a guess, hypothesize I can only guess what it cost him to tell you the truth.
estimate know, show, prove, be sure, be certain2. suppose, think, believe, suspect, judge, imagine, reckon, fancy, conjecture, dare say I guess I'm just being paranoid.noun1. estimate, reckoning, speculation, judgment, hypothesis, conjecture, surmise, shot in the dark, ballpark figure (informal) He took her pulse and made a guess at her blood pressure.
estimate fact, certainty2. supposition, feeling, idea, theory, notion, suspicion, hypothesis My guess is that she's waiting for you to make the first move.Quotations
"The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coin of the thinker at work" [Jerome S. Bruner The Process of Education]
"I never guess. It is a shocking habit - destructive to the logical faculty" [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four]guessverbTo draw an inference on the basis of inconclusive evidence or insufficient information:conjecture, infer, speculate, suppose, surmise.nounA judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessing:conjecture, guesswork, speculation, supposition, surmise.Translationsguess (ges) verb1. to say what is likely to be the case. I'm trying to guess the height of this building; If you don't know the answer, just guess. 推測 推测2. (especially American) to suppose. I guess I'll have to leave now. 猜想 猜想 noun an opinion, answer etc got by guessing. My guess is that he's not coming. 猜測 猜测ˈguesswork noun the process or result of guessing. I got the answer by guesswork. 推測 推测anybody's guess a matter of complete uncertainty. Who will win is anybody's guess. 誰都拿不準的事 谁都拿不准的事guess
See:- (one) never would have guessed
- an educated guess
- anybody's/anyone's guess
- anyone's guess
- at a guess
- be anybody's guess
- be anybody's/anyone's guess
- by guess and by God
- by guess and by golly
- by guess and by gosh
- by guess or by golly
- by guess or by gosh
- educated guess
- educated guess, an
- guess again
- guess at
- guess at (something)
- guess what
- Guess what!
- have another guess coming
- have another guess coming, to
- have another think coming
- hazard a guess
- I guess
- I guess not
- I guess so
- It's anybody's guess
- it's anybody's/anyone's guess
- keep (one) guessing
- keep somebody guessing
- make a guess
- miss one's guess, to
- never would have guessed
- no prizes for guessing (something)
- no prizes for guessing what..., who..., etc.
- second-guess
- take a guess
- you'll never guess
- your guess is as good as mine
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guess
Synonyms for guessverb estimateSynonyms- estimate
- predict
- work out
- speculate
- fathom
- conjecture
- postulate
- surmise
- hazard a guess
- hypothesize
Antonyms- know
- show
- prove
- be sure
- be certain
verb supposeSynonyms- suppose
- think
- believe
- suspect
- judge
- imagine
- reckon
- fancy
- conjecture
- dare say
noun estimateSynonyms- estimate
- reckoning
- speculation
- judgment
- hypothesis
- conjecture
- surmise
- shot in the dark
- ballpark figure
Antonymsnoun suppositionSynonyms- supposition
- feeling
- idea
- theory
- notion
- suspicion
- hypothesis
Synonyms for guessverb to draw an inference on the basis of inconclusive evidence or insufficient informationSynonyms- conjecture
- infer
- speculate
- suppose
- surmise
noun a judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessingSynonyms- conjecture
- guesswork
- speculation
- supposition
- surmise
Synonyms for guessnoun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidenceSynonyms- speculation
- supposition
- surmisal
- surmise
- conjecture
- hypothesis
Related Wordsnoun an estimate based on little or no informationSynonyms- dead reckoning
- guessing
- guesswork
- shot
Related Words- approximation
- estimate
- estimation
- idea
verb expect, believe, or supposeSynonyms- reckon
- suppose
- think
- imagine
- opine
Related Wordsverb put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutationSynonymsRelated Words- forebode
- predict
- prognosticate
- foretell
- promise
- anticipate
- call
- suspect
- surmise
- speculate
verb judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)Synonyms- estimate
- gauge
- approximate
- judge
Related Words- compute
- calculate
- cipher
- cypher
- figure
- reckon
- work out
- quantise
- quantize
- misgauge
- put
- place
- set
- give
- lowball
- underestimate
- assess
- make
- count
- truncate
- guesstimate
verb guess correctlySynonymsRelated Words- figure out
- puzzle out
- solve
- lick
- work out
- work
- tell
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