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guess
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- pronunciation:
- ges
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
guesses, guessing, guessed |
| definition 1: |
to form an opinion of without enough evidence to be certain.
Guess how much money I spent on this suit![verb + WH/whether/if + clause
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I guessed his height to be around six feet.- synonyms:
- conjecture, reckon, surmise
- similar words:
- divine, figure, infer, postulate, suppose
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| definition 2: |
to figure out correctly without strong supporting evidence.
Somehow I just guessed the answer, and that's how I passed the test.- synonyms:
- divine, reckon, surmise
- similar words:
- figure, infer, suppose
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| definition 3: |
to think or believe without absolute knowledge of the facts; suppose.
I don't know for sure, but I guess that it's about twenty miles to the next town.[verb + (that) + clause
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He didn't say, but I'd guess he'll be back around six o'clock.[verb + (that) + clause
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- synonyms:
- believe, expect, fancy, figure, imagine, reckon, suppose, think
- similar words:
- anticipate, assume, calculate, postulate, suspect
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| related words: |
appraise, derive, estimate, fancy, presume, put, sense, trust |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to form an estimate (often fol. by "at").
She could only guess at the man's age.- synonyms:
- conjecture, estimate, hypothesize, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise
- similar words:
- calculate, figure, infer
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| definition 2: |
to estimate correctly.
Yes, it's my birthday today! How did you guess?- synonyms:
- divine, reckon, surmise
- similar words:
- calculate, estimate, figure, infer
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| related words: |
presume |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an estimate or opinion based on little or no evidence.
It was a good guess, but it was still incorrect.It was a lucky guess on that last word, but she was still happy to win the spelling bee.She didn't know the answer, but she went ahead and made a guess.- synonyms:
- conjecture, speculation, surmise
- similar words:
- assumption, estimate, hypothesis, inference, opinion, postulate, supposition
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| related words: |
estimation, idea, judgment, presumption, theory, uncertainty |
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