Princeton's WordNet(2.33 / 3 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.

2. guess(Verb)

   To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.

3. guess(Verb)

   To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

   He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.

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.

Origin: . 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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. The Running Man, movie:

   Guess again.

2. Donald Trump:

   Yeah I guess so.

3. Kent Sprouse:

   I guess that's it.

4. Famer Dennis Rodman:

   Guess what. I love him.

5. Tuukka Rask:

   It's flattering, I guess.

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