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US
/ˈɡɛs/
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[ UK /ɡˈɛs/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈɛs/ ]
NOUN
- an estimate based on little or no information
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
VERB
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judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds -
expect, believe, or suppose
I thought to find her in a bad state
he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
I guess she is angry at me for standing her up -
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 -
guess correctly; solve by guessing
He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize
How To Use guess In A Sentence
- One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
- My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women. The Sun
- In this regard, I offer a few guesses about some general directions in which statistical physics may change.
- I guess the suddenness of it all kind of numbed me to it a little. Casting clues and possible solutions
- A bit of background about me - I do hardware, firmware, and driver development by profession, so I think I'm qualified to provide a guess as to what and where it went wrong: for any computer, there's the initial "bootloader," which is what we commonly refer to as Discussions: Message List - root
- I guess she would rather I expressed myself in a more ladylike manner, or at least a little more eloquently.
- If the stylist is still alive and well today, it’s only because Ms. Houston hadn’t also tripped over the long train on that gown, but I’d venture a guess that his or her days of working for Whitney are Oh-Oh-Ooooh-Oh-ver. Whitney Houston wardrobe malfunction: Yikes, she really didn't need that... | EW.com
- Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
- You've probably guessed that his Mum was the one who died unhappy and unmourned a couple of years back.
- No, but they more or less remained together, I hate to use the word ideologically, but I guess for want of a better word, they seemed to always react, more or less, the same way to political situations and to political candidates 'platforms. Oral History Interview with Lindy Boggs, January 31, 1974. Interview A-0082. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
