noun
- A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
- synonyms: conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
- An estimate based on little or no information.
- synonyms: guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning
verb
- Expect, believe, or suppose.
- usage: "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
- Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.
- usage: "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
- Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time. )
- usage: "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
- synonyms: estimate, gauge, approximate, judge
- Guess correctly; solve by guessing.
- usage: "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
- synonyms: infer
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