guess
/ɡɛs/
verb
🇬🇧 UK
/ɡɛs/
🇺🇸 US
/ɡɛs/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · verb
To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
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Meaning 2 · verb
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
“He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.”
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Meaning 3 · verb
To suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
“That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.”
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Meaning 4 · verb
To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
“"I guess I'll go to bed."”
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Meaning 5 · verb
To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
How this word is used
- General “He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.”
- General “That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.”
- General “"I guess I'll go to bed."”
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