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?

1. Alex

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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. Bob Corker:

   I would guess there are 20 people, at least, in our caucus that are going to listen to these hearings, i would say that at least half of our caucus is going to be watching the hearing tomorrow and making their own determination.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   I wish I could tell you I had a magical formula for how to end racism. It's gone on in this country for before it was America, let me just say this, because I'm older than you: You're impatient, and you should be impatient. But if we were standing here 30 years ago and somebody said, 'You know, I think in 2008, the United States of America will elect an African-American president,' you know what people in this room would've said? They would've said, 'You are crazy. That will never happen because America has too much racist baggage.' But it happened. So, I guess you're right to be impatient, but we have made progress in this country. Not enough.

3. Arun Daniel:

   They could see double-digit growth in the women's category by taking share from competitors like Guess, which would be interesting because then you're getting both the brand and growth and it becomes an attractive story for 3 to 5 years, but it all comes down to price.

4. Emeasoba George:

   Whatever you've spent or done on your own self already will surely die with you. Besides that, whatever you will spend or do on your own self subsequently will equally die with you. Yes! you heard me right as ever. But guess what? whatever you've spent or done on others already will rather outlive you. Moreover, whatever you will resolve hence forth to spend or do on someone else, others or the world will equally outlive you and speak for you perpetually after your demise. Now that is to say, you should endeavour to spend more of your God-given riches, money, resources, knowledge, insights, wisdom, time and stuffs like that on others than on your own self. Because, you will surely and eventually be appreciated, remembered and celebrated perpetually by the posterity ahead (all future generations) for doing just that. So come on, don't be possessive. In other words, don't be unwilling to share your possessions and time with someone else, others or the world at large. -Emeasoba George

5. Montgomery County prosecutor Kevin Steele:

   I guess you got to see a brief view of who he was, i think everybody got to see who he really is when each of those prior bad act witnesses got to testify. The guy was an actor for a long time.

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