Definitions for guess
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Princeton's WordNet(3.20 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis(noun)

   a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

2. guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning(verb)

   an estimate based on little or no information

3. think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess(verb)

   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"

4. guess, venture, pretend, hazard(verb)

   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"

5. estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge(verb)

   judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

   "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

6. guess, infer(verb)

   guess correctly; solve by guessing

   "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guess(Noun)

   A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

   Etymology: . Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to , , or akin to , .

2. guess(Verb)

   To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.

   Etymology: . Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to , , or akin to , .

3. guess(Verb)

   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 , .

4. guess(Verb)

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guess(verb)

   to form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture

2. Guess(verb)

   to judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive

3. Guess(verb)

   to solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs

4. Guess(verb)

   to hit upon or reproduce by memory

5. Guess(verb)

   to think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause

6. Guess(verb)

   to make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc

7. Guess(noun)

   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

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1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guess' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4438

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guess' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1474

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guess' in Verbs Frequency: #479

How to pronounce guess?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of guess in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of guess in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of guess in a Sentence

1. Rocki Hughes:

   To be a part of something, I guess, that's a question I'm still asking. ... Our kids are broken up. He was an awesome father, and just as good as a friend, and I don't understand it either.

2. Mahe Drysdale:

   I guess you don't know what you've got until you lose it, it was pretty mentally tough through lockdown but as soon as I got back on the water my mental health went from pretty low to straight back up.

3. Emeasoba George:

   You may never acquire and use everything that you want in life. But guess what? You do have access to your basic and daily needs or rather the five necessities of life (food, water, clothing, air and shelter). And that is a logical reason why you should always thank God Almighty everyday come what may. ~Emeasoba George

4. Emeasoba George:

   Losers do quit when they are fed up. But on the other hand, winners never quit until they win. What actually do I intend to say? Am just saying that, giving up before succeeding is what makes anybody a loser. Whereas, never quitting is what distinguishes a winner from a loser. Therefore, never be fed up with anything positive in life, until you emerge a success. In case you don't know? What lies ahead of you could be far much better than anything you ever thought possible. Anyway, I guess that's a reasonable reason why you shouldn't give up on your faith until you succeed.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   Let’s not insult the intelligence of the American people. People aren’t dumb, why in God’s name does Wall Street make huge campaign contributions? I guess just for the fun of it.

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