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guess
What does guess mean?
guess (verb): to reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use guess in a sentence?
- We can only guess at what was going through her mind. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce guess?
/ɡɛs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does guess come from?
From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to guess
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “guess” mean?
to change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open
Not quite: that's what expand means.
to make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in
Not quite: that's what govern means.
to reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate
Right! That's what “guess” means.
to be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better
Not quite: that's what prefer means.
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