Sekirov Dictionary

guess

/ɡɛs/

verb 5
noun 1
forms 7
phrases 5

verb5

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to form an idea or give an answer without knowing if it is right
- We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
- She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic.
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To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
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(informal) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- "I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
- "I guess I'll go to bed."
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To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
- You guessed the right answer!
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(no longer used) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
- Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them. — 1606

noun1

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A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
- If you don't know the answer, take a guess.

forms

guessed · guessèd · guessedst · guessing · guesses · guesseth · guessest

Phrases with guess

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