 guess |
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| 1. | [ verb ] expect, believe, or suppose | |
| Synonyms: | think suppose imagine reckon opine | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | expect suspect suspect divine idea opinion supposition | |
| 2. | [ verb ] put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | |
| Synonyms: | venture hazard pretend | |
| Examples: | "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again" "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" |
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| Related terms: | speculate predict suspect luck guesser | |
| 3. | [ verb ] guess correctly; solve by guessing | |
| Synonyms: | infer | |
| Examples: | "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" |
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| Related terms: | solve tell guesser | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (mathematics) form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, esp. quantities or time | |
| Synonyms: | estimate judge approximate gauge | |
| Examples: | "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds" |
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| Related terms: | calculate place give lowball misgauge quantise guesstimate truncate assess make reckon overestimate lowball estimate estimate evaluator appraisal estimate guesser | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | |
| Synonyms: | speculation surmise supposition hypothesis surmisal conjecture | |
| Related terms: | opinion divination think estimate speculate suspect surmise | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (mathematics,psychology) an estimate based on little or no information | |
| Synonyms: | guessing shot dead_reckoning guesswork | |
| Related terms: | estimate | |
| 7. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4499 | |
| Similar spelling: |
Gus Guss gush Guse gushy guise Guice Gussie Gess |
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