GUESS
\ɡˈɛs], \ɡˈɛs], \ɡ_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of GUESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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an estimate based on little or no information
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guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
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judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
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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"
By Princeton University
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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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an estimate based on little or no information
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guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
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To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
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To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
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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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To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; - followed by an objective clause.
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To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; - with at, about, etc.
By Oddity Software
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To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
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To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
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To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
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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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To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; - followed by an objective clause.
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To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; - with at, about, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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To hit upon, or judge of, at random; colloquially, believe or think.
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To form an opinion without sound reason.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To form an opinion on uncertain knowledge.
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To judge on uncertain knowledge: to conjecture rightly.
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Judgment or opinion without sufficient evidence or grounds.
By Daniel Lyons
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A conjecture.
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To conjecture; solve, as a riddle.
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To form conjectures.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Judgment without certain evidence or grounds.
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To surmise, imagine, or conclude on imperfect grounds; to divine; to hit upon; to be inclined to believe.
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To conjecture; to judge at random.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A conjecture; an opinion formed without certain knowledge.
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To conjecture; to suppose; to form an opinion without sufficient evidence; to decide from mere probabilities; to hit upon the truth.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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