Guess
[ges] or [ɡɛs]
Definition
(noun.) an estimate based on little or no information.
(noun.) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
(verb.) guess correctly; solve by guessing; 'He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize'.
(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'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
(v. t.) To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
(v. t.) To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
(v. t.) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
(v. t.) To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
(v. i.) To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Conjecture, divine, surmise, suspect, mistrust.[2]. Suppose, think, believe, fancy, imagine, take it, dare say, venture to say.
v. a. Conjecture, divine.
n. Conjecture, surmise, supposition.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conjecture, surmise, divine, suppose, suspect, fancy, imagine
ANT:Examine, prove, investigate, establish, demonstrate, elaborate, deduce
Edited by Harold
Definition
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.
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Examples
- There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The guess came so near the truth, I could not prevent a suddenly-rising warmth in my face from revealing as much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Riderhood began to have an air of being better at a guess than Bradley owned to being. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I guess they were all drowned. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You need be at no loss to guess why, my dear. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I guess it was satisfactory; we got the money, which was the main point to us. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But then you know, how should I guess such a thing? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There she satand who would have guessed how many tears she had been lately shedding? Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was something other, deeper, more intricate than he guessed at. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I forget his name; a sort of a lawyer as I guessed, because he would talk about the 'parties' every few minutes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But it is not to be wondered at since no enemy guessed the existence upon Barsoom of such a fleet, or even of the First Born, or the Sea of Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They set up such a cry of despair as they guessed the truth, that Margaret knew not how to bear it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He waited a moment, watching me earnestly--watching till he had evidently guessed what was passing in my mind before he resumed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You have guessed most infallibly, he replied. Plato. The Republic.
- Instead of my being on the defensive, I would be on the offensive; instead of guessing at what he means to do, he would have to guess at my plans. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Well, said Lydgate in a guessing tone, it would take at least a thousand to set me at ease. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That's not beyond guessing, sir, at any rate, I said. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A pair of boot lacings, returned Jo, guessing and defeating his purpose. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We used to play at guessing historical characters at Mrs. Lemon's, but not anatomists. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But there may be pretty good guessing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I do not pretend to Emma's genius for foretelling and guessing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- All figures which touch upon sexual subjects are nothing but the roughest guesses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They had no knowledge of the past of mankind at all; at best they had a few shrewd guesses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ideas, as we have seen, whether they be humble guesses or dignified theories, are anticipations of possible solutions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There was no record or legend of any prisoner with those initials, and many fruitless guesses were made what the name could have been. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- One of the main impressions left upon me after knowing Mr. Edison for many years is the marvellous accuracy of his guesses. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Upton says: One of the main impressions left upon me, after knowing Mr. Edison for many years, is the marvellous accuracy of his guesses. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I think the Church-rates guesses who I am, and I know the Water-works does, because I drew a tooth of his when I first came down here. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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