"guess" Definition

Definitions for the word "guess" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
1 (often absol.) Estimate without calculation or measurement. 2 form a hypothesis or opinion about; conjecture; think likely. 3 conjecture or estimate correctly. 4 (foll. By at) make a conjecture about. n. Estimate, conjecture. i guess colloq. I think it likely; i suppose. [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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