What does guess mean?
Definitions for guess
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Princeton's WordNet
guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesisnoun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoningverb
an estimate based on little or no information
think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guessverb
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"
guess, venture, pretend, hazardverb
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"
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judgeverb
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
guess, inferverb
guess correctly; solve by guessing
"He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
Wiktionary
guessnoun
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
Etymology: . Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to , , or akin to , .
guessverb
To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
Etymology: . Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to , , or akin to , .
guessverb
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
Etymology: . Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to , , or akin to , .
guessverb
to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could look online for a sample song.
Etymology: . Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to , , or akin to , .
Webster Dictionary
Guessverb
to form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture
Guessverb
to judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive
Guessverb
to solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs
Guessverb
to hit upon or reproduce by memory
Guessverb
to think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause
Guessverb
to make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc
Guessnoun
an opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise
Freebase
Guess
Guess is a Taiwanese television variety show, currently hosted by Jacky Wu and Patty Hou. It is broadcast in Taiwan, weekly on Saturdays at 22:00 to 0:00 on free-to-air China Television and in Singapore weekly on Saturdays 23:30 on free-to-air MediaCorp Channel U. The show was twice nominated for Best Variety Programme and hosts Jacky Wu and Aya won Best Host in a Variety Programme from two nominations, at the Golden Bell Awards.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Guess
ges, v.t. to form an opinion on uncertain knowledge: to conjecture, to think.—v.i. to judge on uncertain knowledge: to conjecture rightly.—n. judgment or opinion without sufficient evidence or grounds.—adj. Guess′able, that may be guessed.—n. Guess′er, one who guesses or conjectures.—adv. Guess′ingly, by way of conjecture.—n. Guess′work, work done by guess: random action. [M. E. gessen; cog. with Dut. gissen; Dan. gisse, Ice. giska, for gitska—geta, to get, think, A.S. gitan, whence Eng. get. See Forget.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'guess' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4438
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Rank popularity for the word 'guess' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1474
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Rank popularity for the word 'guess' in Verbs Frequency: #479
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The numerical value of guess in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
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The numerical value of guess in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of guess in a Sentence
I did suggest it... I guess they are going to go back to the drawing board and check it out, the relationships are very good.
It’s anyone’s guess how much of our wild domestic salmon makes its way back to the U.S. after being processed abroad. Without traceability, it is nearly impossible to follow the fish from the farm or fishing boat to the dinner plate. What we end up eating is mostly cheaper, imported farmed salmon, sometimes masquerading as U.S. wild-caught fish.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia:
It is so sad to hear that Nikolai Nikolaevich Vasiliev has died. We all find it hard that he’s not alive. Friends write to us, but many letters don’t reach us… We remember the old days, visiting our hospital. I guess no one goes to the graves of our injured ones now nearly everyone was taken away from Tsarskoe. Do you remember Lukyanov he was so pitiful and sweet, always playing with our bracelets like a baby. His visiting card was in my album, but unfortunately the album was left behind at Tsarskoe. Just now I’m writing in our bedroom. On the writing desk are pictures of our beloved hospital…All in all, the times we went to visit the hospital were awfully good. We often reminisce about our visits to the hospital, the evening chats on the telephone, and everything, everything….
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter:
Lacy can put it back up, I guess, if he wants to.
We won't be adding an additional tremendous amount of — we have, I guess, $ 350 billion left, which could be taxed or it could be tariffed. And we're not doing that.
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Translations for guess
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- يخمن, خمنArabic
- conjetura, endevinar, obtenir, suposarCatalan, Valencian
- hádat, předpokládat, odhad, uhádnoutCzech
- gætDanish
- schätzen, erraten, raten, VermutungGerman
- μάλλον, μαντεύω, εικασία, υποθέτωGreek
- diveniEsperanto
- conjeturar, conjetura, adivinar, suponer, deducirSpanish
- حدسPersian
- arvata, arvausFinnish
- conjecture, déduire, supposer, devinerFrench
- ergjeWestern Frisian
- tomhais, barail, tuairmse, tomhasScottish Gaelic
- divinarIdo
- geta, giskaIcelandic
- congettura, indovinareItalian
- 察する, 推測, 憶測, 当てる, 言い当てるJapanese
- 추측, 推測Korean
- مهزهندهKurdish
- poneo, facio, fingere, sumere, divinoLatin
- agak, anggarMalay
- raden, veronderstellen, denk, gissen, veronderstelling, gissing, gokDutch
- gjeteNorwegian Nynorsk
- gjetning, gjette, gissaNorwegian
- zgadnąć, odgadnąć, przypuszczaćPolish
- adivinhar, suposiçãoPortuguese
- presupune, bănuiRomanian
- угадывать, отгадать, полагать, отгадывать, угадать, догадка, догадываться, догадатьсяRussian
- pretpostavljati, valjdaSerbo-Croatian
- uganitiSlovene
- gissning, förmoda, tro, gissaSwedish
- เดาThai
- здогадатисяUkrainian
- טרעפןYiddish
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